If you’ve been looking for some truly original wrapping paper this year, swap snowflakes, stars, and stripes for pneumonia, influenza, and the common cold. It turns out that under a microscope those viruses are hard to distinguish from festive decor, and when blown up they make for some lovely gift wrap.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in China, thanks to the country’s many odd, offbeat and occasionally off-putting interpretations of Santa Claus. Though their origins can be found in traditional western depictions of Father Christmas, these sinicized Saint Nick knockoffs have strayed a lot further… into the nightmarish realm of the bizarre!
Do you happen to love all things high tech? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you would definitely fall in love with what Zach Burhop has done, where the has decided to soup up his Christmas tree with 3D printed ornaments, and not only that, he has also ensured that this tree is Arduino-powered for that extra touch of geekiness. Burhop’s day job is an aerospace engineer and industrial designer, and he decided to make use of his own talents in order to devise a special Christmas tree that he calls his own. Since it comes in white, it makes for an interesting backdrop for a variety of 3D printed ornaments, and one of them would be the Superman logo.
Burhop made use of the Solidoodle 3D printer to make sure that whoever drops by his place this Yuletide season will be able to experience a little bit of cheer or have something to marvel at. Neighbors around him, too, would applaud at his clever engineering skills, resulting in a tree that would be difficult to beat where its high tech capability is concerned. Christmas is definitely a season of giving, although here are times when some items which will elicit a good laugh or two helps make it all the more cheerful.
Arduino-Powered Christmas Tree For Geeks original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Gamers are extremely simple people as they would be able to survive on Coke and pizza alone, or so that was what I experienced back in my college days, paying more attention to the PSOne and GBA compared to my books, without thinking too much about what I am going to eat later on. Food? What’s that? Well, the folks over at UK retailer GAME has come up with the Christmas Tinner, and before we continue, just let me make things clear that this was just done up in good humor, and is not a real product at all that you can find on store shelves.
GAME has described the Christmas Tinner as “the ultimate innovation for gamers who can’t tear themselves away from their new consoles and games on Christmas Day”, and the image that you see above depicts this delicious treat as containing all the classic ingredients of Yuletide dining into a single stack, cranberry sauce and the all-important Christmas pudding included. Forget about consuming different courses across a span of time when you could be on your way to complete a particular level or defeat that fiendish boss in the game, and just wolf down your Christmas dinner in a jiffy. So crazy, I wish it was true. How about you?
GAME Christmas Tinned Food Takes A Humorous Look At Gamers original content from Ubergizmo. 
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We are all in favor of joining in the Christmas spirit, celebrating with family and
friends and enjoying the joys of gifting. We are even in favor of
decorating for the holidays, bringing lights and cheer into a dark time
of year. However, there really needs to be a limit to the festivity,
don’t you think? At some point, being festive crosses the line to being
ridiculous. Many folks love dressing up for the holidays, but some
folks go overboard to the extreme. Doing something festive with your
hair is one example of where you can easily overdo it. Here are my picks for 11 Holiday Hairstyles Sure To Shock
Santa:
Every year, you swear you’ll catch Santa in the act. The cookies are out. The traps are set. It’s just a matter of making sure he can’t escape. But every year, you fail anyways. Either Santa’s really that good… or you lack the gear to set up a proper capture.
So if you really want to get him this year, then get this Santa Stake-out Kit from OpticsPlanet. It has everything you need and more to keep an eye out for Santa and maybe catch him, even, if you’re fast and crafty enough.
It contains a whole bunch of stuff that includes apparel (of course, you need to dress the part in a stakeout!), camping gear, hunting gear (yikes!), food storage, accessories (like a tactical field ops watch, bottle opener, and walkie talkies), night vision and thermal imaging gear, and a Canon EOS Rebel T4i Digital SLR Camera Kit. It even includes some deer scent to try and lure in Saint Nick’s tiny reindeer.
The entire package costs $6,500 and is available here.
Maybe you’d like to put this on your wishlist this year, so you can use it attempt to catch Santa next year.
[via Geekologie]
Some people are so rich, that it seems like they have everything. Others may have just enough in terms of finances, but they can be so happy and content with life, that it would still seem like they have everything they need.
What can you get for those people this Christmas? What gift would they want, when they can either buy it easily themselves, or when they have no want for anything else because they’re perfectly content with what they already have?
The Gift of Nothing might be appropriate for those people. It’s basically a round, plastic sphere that has nothing inside. In short, it is the gift of nothing.
It was probably created as a gag gift (imagine how a kid would react if they got this!) But if you’re giving it to one of the two types of people described above, here’s an idea: give them the gift of laughter with this present, and add a little something you made (be it a poem, a letter, or a drawing) with a special message that will warm their hearts for sure.
[via The Green Head]
In south Japan, Mie prefecture is rocking 7 million LED Christmas lights. Hence the awesome light tunnel above. "Illuminations" or Christmas light displays have been a big deal in Japan since the 1980s. But there’s something a lot more contemplative about these lights compared to some of the spectacles
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Christmas tree decorating – do you stick with a theme, let the kids do
it, get creative with the tree itself? The options are endless. Here are some of most unique, awsome and a little crazy "trees" we’ve found this
season.
Dorks. Nerds. Geeks. If you read this
site, there’s a good chance you are one, or at least are friends with
one. That may have been a bad thing in middle school, but in adulthood,
we really start to see that thinking different is actually a great
thing. Here’s your chance to find some great gifts worthy of the dweebs on your list.
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