For those of us who prefer our holidays to be a bit more spooky, we're sure you're already familiar with The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton's stop-motion masterpiece about a ghoul named Jack Skellington finding...

Even St. Nick is in trouble because of the economic crisis!  The jolly old fat man appeared before Congress to beg the government to save his bread and butter holiday.  Without a substantial loan, we probably won't be seeing...

Even Santa is asking Congress for a bailout in the recession.  (Look at how skinny he is!  Obviously saving money on food.)

The worst part of it, Santa invested all his money with Bernard Madoff. 

And we heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight.

Oy vey! Something's not right!

Wait a second, that's the Santa from the getting drunk in Tijuanica song...

Meeting the parents is hard. Having an ex-boyfriend around is harder. What if that guy happened to be Santa? Most guys would lose it. Thankfully, Jesus is a cool dude.

The shame is that these kids know that this isn't Santa Claus (well that and they tired movie references.) They were literally sitting on his lap in the mall just a few hours ago when they realized he was actually the town...

Finally, someone has the egg nogs to stand up to Comrade Kringle. Yes Virginia, Santa is a socialist, and all boys and girls will be getting presents this year...just like last year. Although only if they're "good," so he's a...

Wanna see a video that portrays with pure historical verisimilitude the true story of the development of the Santa Claus myth? So would we. Unfortunately, this vid isn't it. But it does have a medieval Beowulf-style Santa...

Hanukkah Harry will save the day! On Moishe! On Herschel! On Shlomo!

Keith Olbermann engaged in one of our biggest pet peeves by mentioning Christmas before the green bean casserole is even served, but we'll give him a pass this time. Henceforth: Whenever a local Santa Claus hired to rappel...

By wearing a Santa Claus outfit on the Letterman show, sans pants. A bit naughty, perhaps, but what has become of the rebel outsider, the proverbial turd in the celebrity punch bowl? Howard tells Dave how he ran into foe Al...

They say the United States media only covers the trivial and the celebrity-centric. It's true, in Europe they cover important matters like Conan O'Brien's tet-a-tet with Santa Claus and his Valentine's Day gift to Finland's...

They say the United States media only covers the trivial and the celebrity-centric. It's true, in Europe they cover important matters like Conan O'Brien's tet-a-tet with Santa Claus and his Valentine's Day gift to Finland's...