O tidings of comfort and... wait... what?

The holidays are upon us once again.  (How's that for a big ol' honkin' statement of the obvious?) 

Considering that the next couple of weeks will be a blur of holidays, time with my daughter and a bit of travel -- not to mention the fact that I have a crushing amount of work to complete between now and my trip to CES -- I figure my blogging schedule will be a bit sporadic between now and the end of the year.

I hope that everyone has the opportunity to reflect on the year that was, plan for the year ahead and spend a bit of time with the important people in your lives.

For the rest of you, I offer up a smorgasbord of holiday weirdness post-YouTube style.  Please feel free to while away your holiday time off watching a few weird animated shorts.  This ain't your daddy's "A Year Without a Santa Clause."

[Feed and email readers: you know the drill.  Be sure to click through to the blog to watch the embedded clips.]

The first two have been highlighted by a brand spankin' new site called eGuiders that went into public beta yesterday and aims to curate the best-of-the-best web video content so you don't have to slog through millions of pieces of web junk to find the few worth watching.  (Disclosure: I've been serving as an unofficial advisor to eGuiders.  Check 'em out.)

Snowy the Frostman puts a twisted spin on the animated holiday classic.


Happy Tree Friends offers up Japanimation-style holiday shorts that are not for the sensitive or squeamish.

Next up: thanks to the Firehouse agency in Texas we have a new holiday classic based on an old world tradition - the Christmas Pickle. (Tip o' the Santa hat to Chris Wilson.)

And finally -- how can a guy who throws the devil horns every chance he gets resist a mash-up that combines A Charlie Brown Christmas with some killer metal.  Have a head banging Christmas and a rocking New Year.