Santa's Workshop (1933)

A little gem of a cartoon featuring the antics of Santa and co getting ready for Christmas Eve.

Good old-fashioned festive fun. Will be posting more cartoon shorts in the future.

MOTU Headgear 1984

Me around Christmas 1984 trying to wear a Man E Faces figure on my head. My mum is looking onward and isn't too impressed.

SATURDAY CAPTION FUN #11

A must have stop for any Tardis owner. Insert Your Caption.

Christmas Tat Rundown # 3 - Hero Turtles Ornaments

A great e-bay acquisition if I ever came across one. Original 1990 edition UK Teenage Mutant ‘Hero’ Turtles Christmas ornaments!

These are painted and wooden and in my opinion have aged well. I never knew about these when they were out, so I’m glad that 21 years later I managed to own a set. The decorations individually feature one of the awesome foursome doing something a little festive. Here is the rundown… 

RAPHAEL

A mixture of switching to de-caf and the holiday spirit has mellowed Raphael out. The usually bad tempered turtle has taken to hanging up baubles rather than whackbags.  

LEONARDO

Ice-skating is Leo’s thing, only the glitter effect of the ice makes it look like someone has sabotaged the rink surface with salt. Surely the Foot Clan are behind this!

MICHAELANGELO

Like his renaissance namesake, Mikey has taken to sculpting. So far he’s managed to sculpt a snowman of pal Leonardo.

 

DONATELLO

Donnie hits the slopes with a set of non-jetpowered skis.. 

These are recommended to anyone who's a TMNT fan and lover of Christmas tat alike. Free these items from their plastic tombs and display them with pride. 

Christmas Tat Rundown # 2 - Snoopy 60th Anniversary Blocks

2010 marked the 60^th Anniversary of Charles Shultz’s Charlie Brown & Snoopy characters. I grabbed these through the American site of Amazon last year and used a pals address as a halfway house just to get these (thanks Wes).

So here’s Christmas 2011 and I finally get to display the Snoopy goodness. Charlie Brown, Linus (sans blanket) and Snoopy are here amongst the lovable Christmas branch and some baubles to spell out the word ‘Christmas’ for all to read.

This is especially a must-have set for those who enjoyed the still widely-celebrated 1965 classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.