Christmas fun

Today is my office Christmas party, so I'll be cutting the day short with little time for posting. However, in honor of the holidays, here are a flurry of snow- and Christmas-related diversions:

• Make a snowflake, play a game, lose time... (the first part really took me back!)
  (via a mindful life)
  
  
• Fun with somebody's holiday lights (or the bad effects of having too much time on your hands!)
  (via pal Barry)
  
  
• More Santas than you're ever likely to see in one place.
  (via A Whole Lotta Nothing)
  
  
• Build/decorate your own snowman!
  (via the advent calendar)
  
  
• Or turn your beleagured pet into Santa!
  (via the advent calendar)
  
  
• Need a holiday craft? Decorate your house with tampons! (?!)
  (via boing boing)
  
  
• Also in the practicality department, if you're looking for a Christmas tree in New York, here's a map of where they're sold.
  (via kottke)
  
  
• Finally, what we all most fear threatens to come true: an activist judge cancels Christmas...

Best holiday festivities to all of you for the next few weeks. (yes, I'll still be here, but this seemed timely for those of you who might be headed elsewhere soon...)

Update: for those wishing for a little holiday music, here's a link to a set of animations that sing Christmas carols in a chipmunky voice -- what could be more apt?
[Via the advent calendar...]