Christmas

Kavkaz: Nuts to You

A Brooklyn restaurant leaves herds of sheep testicle-free

Our Top 10 Food Moments in the Bible

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dainec/2536695/A holy house.​Hey, you: Stop the bong hits and hit the pause button on your bootleg A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas instead -- it's time for a real history lesson about two super present-filled important holidays: Hanukkah and Christmas. No mat ... More >>

Jerry-Can Christmas Tree at Chelsea Market

​A tree made out of 40-gallon plastic jugs is the centerpiece of Chelsea Market's Christmas display. One-eighth of people in the world drink water that makes them sick. Indeed, clean water is probably the planet's number one health priority; without it, chronic illness is inevitable. This tr ... More >>

FESTIVAL OF LAUGHS

On the fifth night of Hanukkah . . .

STOCKING STUFFERS

Go ahead, wear your pajamas out

Occupy Faith Planning 24-Hour Christmas Vigil at Zuccotti, If Brookfield Allows

From the flyer.​A group called Occupy Faith is planning to hold a 24-hour prayer vigil in Zuccotti Park from midnight on Christmas Eve to midnight the next day, and they're worried that Brookfield Properties won't allow it to happen. Occupy Christmas would involve food and musical instruments, ... More >>

Naked Holidays

The McCarren Park 'Hipster' Christmas Tree Gets Some Upgrades

​Yesterday we noted, thanks to New York Shitty and the L Magazine, that there was a Christmas tree "growing" in Brooklyn. Made of PBRs implanted in a tree-shape in the McCarren Park fence at Bedford and North 12th, plus red and green painted sneakers, a star made of Metrocards, plastic bags, t ... More >>

Ruben Diaz Celebrates A Merry XXXmas With Adults Only Party

Reverend Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., defender of Wal-Mart and namesake of a building housing a gay community center, is nothing if not a paragon of family values. So that's why we assume, when the highest holiday of his religion's year comes around, Diaz will be celebrating it with a Christmas party ce ... More >>

Live-Blogging The 2011 American Music Awards: We Could Have Had It All (But Then Adele Had To Go Have A Vocal Cord Hemorrhage)

Welcome to Sound of the City's liveblog of the 2011 American Music Awards, the annual salute to the most popular popular music that exists in the American wild this year. While Lady Gaga and Adele and Beyoncé are absent, this year's show apparently has one performance that will cost $500,000 to pul ... More >>

If Adele Found A Solid Relationship...

​Her career would be over! WTF would she have to sing about? "I met the man of my dreams and he loves me right back"? Blech. Boring. That would go down the charts with a bullet. And here are some other potential career killers for top music stars:

Bloomberg Spent the Blizzard in Bermuda

​A handful of local reporters, along with some angry, snow-stuck citizens, spent the last two weeks wondering where exactly Mayor Mike Bloomberg spent the Christmas blizzard -- you know, the one that the city wasn't really prepared for, leaving our leader's approval ratings in the dumps -- and ... More >>

Garbage-Pocalypse Follows Snow-Pocalypse: This Is Your Life, New York

​Gosh, don't you sort of miss the early days of the blizzard about now? It was all pretty and clean (for a moment), and we were all "trapped" on vacation. And now things are back to normal, sort of, except smellier and with more bags of trash hanging around with which to attract vermin and vom ... More >>

Painkiller to Revamp Menu, Adds Hot Drinks

nybarfly.comSoon to come in hot form​ Now that winter's officially begun, it's time to get out the Snuggie and curl up with the booze. Cocktails can be tricky when it's cold, but luckily a new trend is about to be sprung upon New Yorkers: the hot tiki cocktail!

Battle of the Christmas Fruitcakes: Myers of Keswick v. Dean & DeLuca

That's Dean & DeLuca's Robert Lambert cake on the left, Myers of Keswick's Bryson's of Keswick cake on the right.​ Ah, fruitcake. Not only is it the red-headed stepchild of the Christmas table, it is also its Cher, seemingly impervious to time and a model of eerie self-preservation. The two s ... More >>

When Your Gift Choices Totally Bomb

​One Christmas, a discount store was selling large bottles of Vagisil for two bucks apiece. Scampishly, I thought, "Those will be amazing gifts for all my friends! It'll be absolutely hilarious!" So I scarfed up about a dozen of them, wrapped them up, and handed them out with a big grin.

Paul McCartney Sings About Scrambled Eggs and Tofu Wings with Jimmy Fallon

It's the Friday two weeks before Christmas and two weeks after Thanksgiving (and the day after the end of Hanukkah). You're probably fasting before the onslaught of holiday parties begins or still trying to work off a fortnight of turkey sandwiches and leftover pumpkin pie. In any case, we figure ... More >>

"Someone to Blow Mel Gibson...Away"

​ That's one of the sincere holiday wishes expressed in the tres amusant Christmas card I just got from Caroline's Comedy Club. Here are some of the other lovely yuletide hopes that are on the wryly joyful card: "A proposed gay bar next to the proposed mosque. "Brett Favre keeping his ball ... More >>

Americans Are Ordering Healthier Foods, While Guilt-Ridden New Yorkers Are Eating a Ton of Salad

worldcommunitycookbook.comAtone.​ Last week's gluttony notwithstanding, it seems that Americans have spent the past year making more health-conscious choices at restaurants.

Never Forget: Umbrellapocalypse 2010

​If you had the unfortunate pleasure of stepping outside today, you already know that it was one of the most gloomy days of all time. Along with the rain, winds were gusting at a crazy 50 miles per hour! That's a lot of blow! Look what it did to this Christmas tree at South Street Seaport. But ... More >>

Fast-food Chains Target Dieters in January; The Price of Tea (in China, Everywhere) to Rise with Shortage

​Just weeks after McDonald's unexpectedly lost its no. 2 executive, Domino's Pizza's CEO, David A. Brandon, has announced he is stepping down from his position in March. J. Patrick Doyle is expected to be named as his successor. [Wall Street Journal] A global tea shortage may worsen this year ... More >>

Governor Paterson's New BFF: Bo Dietl

​David Paterson complains that he's a serious leader who gets no respect and today's Page Six in the Post offers one more clue why he's got that little problem: His latest best hang-around pal and political ally is none other than Bo Dietl, the self-inflated private eye to the stars whose idea ... More >>

Miserable Christmas News from Around the City

Fire up Silent Night/7 O'Clock News and let's revel in how miserable it all is: A guy driving on Brooklyn's 27th Street near the Gowanus Expressway yesterday felt something under his car and found a corpse wrapped in plastic. Surveillance video reveals that the body was dumped there Wednesday n ... More >>

Have a Fire-Safety Christmas!

​Along with caroling, gift-giving, and binge drinking, Christmas is the season of fire safety. Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn offers a Surge Protector and Power Strip Safety lecture. And here's a cheery late press release: "California American Water Offers Holiday Fire Safety Tips." In the Sa ... More >>

'Hip-Hop Legends Concert Series IV'

AHHHHHHH!

Kevin McCallister gets the Raspberry treatment

SEASON'S HEEBINGS

Two events to cure any Jew's Christmas blues

War on Christmas Update: Boycotts, "CHRIST-mas Tree" Give Jesus Team an Advantage

Jesus Draws First Blood in War on Christmas: AFA Approves "Unambiguous" Gap Ad

While the godless holiday ads were a novel opening for the X-in-Xmas Team in this year's War on Christmas, the game is not afoot until someone has retrenched under pressure. So we give a point to the Christers, as the American Family Association has announced it is "officially ending its boycott ... More >>

'Twisted Sister Presents A Twisted Christmas on Broadway'

HO, HO, HANUKKAH

Jewish men and women behaving badly

Desplechin's A Christmas Tale is the Gift this Season Needs

This touching family comedy is a holiday feast, with extra stuffing

They, Robots

Auteurs! Strap-ons! A theater critic's New Year's wish list

Pulp Valhalla

Through a Glass Darkly

Smug penguins and bitchy snowflakes: An opinionated tour of the season's department store windows

Aftermath

Anxiety, play, and imagination in ample evidence

Extra! Jews Eat Chinese Food, Watch Movies on Christmas Day!

Rockie Weekly Horoscope December 16-22

Dreaming of a Blood-Red Christmas in a Well-Crafted Neo-Noir

Affluent But True-Hearted Liberal Cali Kids Celebrate Double Holiday with Song

NY Mirror

Company Agenda

The Avrilette Awards

Tweeenage Pop-Rock Nukes Annoying Hockey Girl's and Holden Caulfield's Paths

Christmas Gilt

A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

Merch Search

Good Gifts From Cheap Stores

Nice and Naughty

Theater

East Village Other

The Stunt Men

Comfort and Joy

Season's Greetings From Ted, Drew, and That Kid With His Tongue Stuck to the Pole