Reindeer (2010) by the animation collective Treat:

“One of 5 short idents we did for E4 on the topic of Christmas. The general idea was to surprise people with something really anti-christmas, and transform something boring into something amazing. It was alot of hard work for a relatively short time but they were really fun to do and much merriment was had by all.”

The other shorts are: Workshop, Christmas Trees, Pole Dance, and Carol Singers.

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Zach Ahern‘s photography is beautiful and inspiring (check also his Flickr account)…

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Santaclaus blood pack by Kiseung Lee…

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Strange Santas by Danny Hellman:

“While I’m not crazy about the season in general, I am a big fan of all Santa imagery, the kitschier, the better.”

Unhappy Grouchmas. The holiday for those of us who aren’t feeling very festive…

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Christmas just got nasty!

“It’s the week before Christmas when young and adventurous Pietari uncovers the truth about Santa Claus. Legend has it that the jolly old man is more of a foe than a friend. A group of American scientists is also looking to uncover some facts in Pietari’s quiet rural town in northern Finland. It turns out that the most well-kept Christmas secret ever lies 500 meters below ground. This dark secret and Pietari unleash an unforeseen chain of events, after which Christmas will never, ever be the same again.

The long-awaited follow-up (actually a prequel) to the two award-winning online hit shorts [“Rare Exports Inc.” (2003) and “Rare Exports Inc. – Safety Instructions” (2005)], which have more than 1 million downloads on YouTube by up-and-coming talent commercial and music video director, Jalmari Helander, telling the story of how Santa Clauses are hunted down and domesticated to prepare them for export all around the world!”