Making Light :: The 12 Days of Kitschmas :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:10:33 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en The 12 Days of Kitschmas Ship of Fools' "Gadgets for God" department has come out with its annual 12 Days of Kitschmas list. Sadly, none... Ship of Fools' "Gadgets for God" department has come out with its annual 12 Days of Kitschmas list. Sadly, none... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #1 from Faren Miller comment from Faren Miller on 6.Dec.03 Funny!(in a ghastly/dismal kind of way). So, what links did YOU send them?

]]> <p>Posted December 6, 2003 6:10 PM by Faren Miller</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33640 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33640 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:10:33 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #2 from Skwid comment from Skwid on 6.Dec.03 Holy SHIT, that's some funny stuff.

I'm reading in a library right now, and I couldn't help busting a gut. Particularly over the nail ornament. Awesome.

]]> <p>Posted December 6, 2003 6:18 PM by Skwid</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33644 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33644 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:18:48 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #3 from Trip comment from Trip on 6.Dec.03 Intestate. AAARRRGGHHH!

]]> <p>Posted December 6, 2003 7:23 PM by Trip</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33645 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33645 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 19:23:17 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #4 from thatwhichfalls comment from thatwhichfalls on 7.Dec.03 Number 7. Flying cathedral:

Brilliant! Fill it with hydrogen, set it on fire - your very own Cathedral of the Pelerines for all your Severian role playing needs!

]]> <p>Posted December 7, 2003 3:24 AM by thatwhichfalls</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33669 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33669 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 03:24:38 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #5 from Steve Taylor comment from Steve Taylor on 7.Dec.03 I love 11/12 of them, but I think pretty much anything can be made into a gigantic baloon without being tasteless, because... oh, I don't know. Because it's a gigantic baloon. We need more of them.

]]> <p>Posted December 7, 2003 8:42 AM by Steve Taylor</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33679 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33679 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 08:42:12 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #6 from India comment from India on 7.Dec.03 Thank you. I'm afraid the nail ornament was the only one to make me laugh out loud . . . but it was quite loudly.

Hmm. I think I need a big pile of those ashtrays.

]]> <p>Posted December 7, 2003 12:41 PM by India</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33699 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33699 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 12:41:28 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #7 from nerdycellist comment from nerdycellist on 7.Dec.03 Those are terribly funny. But I fail to see how a nail ornament or bleeding jesus tree-topper isn't completely sacreligious. The fact that the market for most of those objects is the faithful, and not those who would keep them around to mock, gives me pause.

We got a whole glossy, 4-color circular in last Sunday's newspaper for some Evangelical Store, which included Lord of The Kings t-shirts (done to look as close to LOTR as possible.) Gave me the willies.

]]> <p>Posted December 7, 2003 2:40 PM by nerdycellist</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33705 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33705 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:40:26 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #8 from Berni comment from Berni on 7.Dec.03 I was giggling over the caption contest. I just had received my "Nuns Having Fun" calendar for 2004. It has one of those "nuns with guns" photos (with the caption, "Pray for prey"). It also has nuns on roller skates, bowling, in bumper cars, etc.

I'd seen the 12 days of kitchmas entries on Amy Welborns's blog a few days ago. Considering how my brother has always complained about our family's always having a traditional dead fish on the tree (German blown glass, not real dead fish), the nail is mighty tempting. And I could get one of those ashtrays for my older sister.

]]> <p>Posted December 7, 2003 5:25 PM by Berni</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33721 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33721 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 17:25:07 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #9 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden comment from Teresa Nielsen Hayden on 8.Dec.03 Just so, Trip.

]]> <p>Posted December 8, 2003 12:10 AM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33734 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33734 Mon, 08 Dec 2003 00:10:40 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #10 from Betsy comment from Betsy on 8.Dec.03 They missed the 12-inch sitting pink Praying Poodle: "Squeeze the button in its left front paw and our pup's iridescent angel wings flap to the beautiful beat. It also nods its head and breaks into a sweetly stirring rendition of Yes Jesus Loves Me. But this pup isn't content with just singing. Squeeze the button again and it recites the timeless children's prayer, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, adding a final "I love you" at the end for all its sleepy-eyed little friends."

And then there are the Hannukah pet toys...

]]> <p>Posted December 8, 2003 11:48 AM by Betsy</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33777 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33777 Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:48:02 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #11 from Mary Kay comment from Mary Kay on 8.Dec.03 Hildegaard of Boingen.

Oh, oh, oh. Giggle. Titter. Snort. HAW HAW HAW. Ooops scaring the cats.

MKK

]]> <p>Posted December 8, 2003 10:43 PM by Mary Kay</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33844 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33844 Mon, 08 Dec 2003 22:43:34 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #12 from Paula Helm Murray comment from Paula Helm Murray on 8.Dec.03 Betsy, that's awful.....I'm kind of a plushie nut, but that's just ... whatever.

Teresa, thanks, I sent links to the two things I found most ..... well most from the links, Skiffy bishops and the "Beanie Bears' Church. To family and a few friends who would appreciate it. After I finished ROFL.

]]> <p>Posted December 8, 2003 11:03 PM by Paula Helm Murray</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33847 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33847 Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:03:29 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #13 from BSD comment from BSD on 9.Dec.03 To be fair, there are some pretty noisome Channukah toys out there.

Though I'm still surprised there isn't a full line of full-violence Maccabee action figures...

]]> <p>Posted December 9, 2003 12:13 AM by BSD</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33856 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33856 Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:13:56 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #14 from Elise Matthesen comment from Elise Matthesen on 10.Dec.03 The good and faithful pastor may look like JFK, but the Jesus Fairy looks like Charlie Manson. Though I guess one could do the whole tree as a theme tree.

Oh, great. A Charlie Manson Christmas. Ack. Now I have to go get that out of my head.

]]> <p>Posted December 10, 2003 1:22 PM by Elise Matthesen</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33976 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#33976 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:22:10 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #15 from Tim Hall comment from Tim Hall on 11.Dec.03 It doesn't say what scale the "Jesus Saves" billboard is in. Probably HO scale Us N scalers always get left out :)

OTOH, it would look out of place in either Cornwall or Switzerland.

]]> <p>Posted December 11, 2003 4:01 AM by Tim Hall</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#34074 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#34074 Thu, 11 Dec 2003 04:01:40 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #16 from Jon H comment from Jon H on 16.Dec.03 Just heard "12 Days Of Kitschmas" mentioned on BBC World Service, including the frisbie, the cathedral, and the bobber.

As of this writing, didn't mention the name of the site. It was a lead-in to a story about Thai kitsch sales and a panel discussion about kitsch.

]]> <p>Posted December 16, 2003 7:40 PM by Jon H</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#34525 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#34525 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:40:14 -0500 The 12 Days of Kitschmas -- comment #17 from Jon H comment from Jon H on 16.Dec.03 BTW, it's today's Outlook program, which will be available for a while at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/outlook_tue.ram

]]> <p>Posted December 16, 2003 7:43 PM by Jon H</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#34526 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004195.html#34526 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:43:51 -0500