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“For many Jewish Americans, the night before Christmas conjures up visions, not of sugar plums, but plum sauce slathered over roast duck … The story begins during the halcyon days of the Lower East Side where … Jews and Chinese were the two largest non-Christian immigrant groups at the turn of the [20th] century.”

“Merry Christmas from Gracen The Bun. Thanks for another year filled with Cuteness! Wishing you all the best for the new year!” -Melissa C.

24 Hours Of Christmas Cute….continues!

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We wish you a Merry Christmas, courtesy of alert reader and pet photographer Tammy, and her guinea pig Titania.

24 Hours Of Christmas Cute….continues!

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Bjork learned early that few things are more calming than flutes, violins, soft story-telling and a piccolo, which is how she began slaying audiences back in 1976.

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The trends to spot are trends that have been going on for a few years now.

D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s new album Black Messiah, released to the surprise of almost everyone a week ago, isn’t supposed to be about sex. Its release was bumped up, after all, in response to protests surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and other unarmed African-American men. And yet it is a very sexy album. ... More »

All season long, we were wondering if "Serial" was going to get a Saturday Night Live parody. Can a podcast get that big? This week's SNL proved, yes, it can. And it's a good thing, since it was pretty damn great. Unlike the Funny or Die "Serial" sketch from last week, ... More »

Yup. Maybe one of THE better kitteh names we’ve ever come across here at C.O. “I have been enjoying Cute Overload for years now, and in the last couple years my boyfriend jumped on the bandwagon and now we check your site every day for smiles and happiness,” says Audrey B.

“Almost 2 months ago we adopted out first kitten, Spooky Boogie, an Exotic Shorthair. We would like to share with you our holiday pics of him! Pictures taken by my boyfriend, Andrew C., and myself. Thanks for all the cheer you bring all year long!”

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Mom’s hauling her little one through the Wapusk National Park, Canada by photographer David Jenkins. From Arne as seen on The Telly.

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Maika Keuben is busy with so many Cthulhumas preparations. She’s got her tree ready and a wreath for the door, and now she’s baked Cthulhumas cookies! Dozens and dozens of chocolate cookies with peppermint-flavored icing, all in the image of the dreaded elder god Cthulhu.

At first it just sounded like wind in the trees, but beneath that there's the guttural whisper of an ancient voice saying "Into the kitchen with you, there's unspeakable baking to be done." Now my throat is sore from the endless chanting, my clothing and hair covered in flour, sugar, slime and soot (don't ask), and I can't remember the last time I slept through the night, but I wouldn't dare complain. The Great Old Ones demanded Cthulhumas cookies, so cookies I did make. So very many cookies.

The process of making these cookies is documented in an imgur gallery with plenty of pictures and hilariously Lovecraftian narration. The confluence of holiday cheer and despair, of delicious and dreadful, is irresistible.  

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Like the legendary Prometheus, Johnny Di Francesco stands before us, offering humanity a chance to boldly advance forward. He's a chef in Melbourne, Australia and the inventor of this marvel: a pizza that has no fewer than 99 different types of cheese.

To make the pizza, he melts together 94 different cheeses into one pot, which then cools. From this solid block of mixed cheese, he composes the cheese body of his pizza. Then Di Francesco adds portions of fior di latte, buffalo mozzarella, ricotta, raspadura, and goat cheese. It's so beautiful that I could cry.

-via Daily of the Day

The bizarre assassin spiders of Australia, South America, and Madagascar hunt other spiders. By deploying their jaws out 90 degrees from their necks, they can impale prey, inject venom, and let them dangle there to die, all without getting bitten themselves.

The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The World’s Goofiest-Looking Spider Is Actually a Brutal Ninja appeared first on WIRED.

No, not carving knives, but carved knives. We've previously featured Li Hongbo's flexible paper sculptures. More recently, he exhibitedthese unusual sculptures at Contemporary by Angela Li, an art gallery in Hong Kong. They are food chopping knives that are immediately recognizable in any Chinese kitchen. By pulling the steel for the raised images out of the blades, he has created mirror animal images of positive and negative space.

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Via the Hollywood Reporter:

In partnership with the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts, Hologram USA reported that it has started work on a hologram-like version of the famous entertainer for a feature-length live show that be would staged in such a way that "Liberace" would be able to interact with the audience. “This is a major step in the evolution of this medium for entertainment,” Hologram USA CEO Alki David said in a statement. “With our partners at the Liberace Foundation we’ll be able to stage a show so lifelike — the room will be filled with all of the great singer’s charm and charisma.” Hologram USA was responsible for the recent appearance of a virtual Jimmy Kimmel, and said it holds the North American license for the system that was used to place a virtual Tupac at Coachella in 2012.

After a launch in Las Vegas, the show is expected to tour worldwide.

"Serial" was less a story about a crime than about the people investigating it — their doubts, their revelations, the week-to-week uncertainties about what they knew and what they were still finding out. So it’s fitting that the show’s last episode would start with a question about how to end ... More »

…and it’s good enough for “Desdemona,” a bunny and cookie thief. Photo by Kem Sypher, winner of the 2004 Oregon Humane Society’s photo contest. Submitted by Bens, who wishes us all a Merry Pigmas.

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I don't know what to do with good white people.

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Who better to play the Parks and Recreation final wrap party than Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) and Mouserat (formerly Scarecrow Boat)? And what better song to sing than a tribute to Pawnee's No. 1 star, miniature horse Li'l Sebastian? Soon the show will join its adorable star in fictional TV heaven; ... More »

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK 
Douglas Bourgeois (USA) 

This week’s featured artist is none other than the legendary American sculptor and figurative painter, Douglas Bourgeois. 

If you were not hiding under a rock in the last few decades you seen his amazing works here and there. We just stumbled into this VICE interview lately, and it was a no brainer to decide, we must feature these trippy music history inspired paintings! 

Make sure to read Emily Colucci's great interview on VICE, and visit ​Prospe​ct.3 Biennialis in New Orleans if you can, it’s open through January 25, 2015.

So we give Douglas the FEATURED ARTIST title and our header gallery, and we will exhibit his brilliant works in our header gallery for the coming week, plus we will post them on our Facebook and Instagram as well. 

Follow Douglas Bourgeois via the links:

WIKIPEDIA
Arthur Roger Gallery 
ARTNET

Go Douglas, go!!!

Little Man here just can’t crank up the courage meter to get down that last set of steps. He grunts, he snuffles, he wiggles and waggles…

Oh and did we mention HIS NAME IS “CHUNK.”

(Squid.)

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Performers will include the Roots, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Rufus Wainwright and Steve Earle.

THIS JUST IN from the Shedd Aquarium in The Windy City- let’s check in for the latest news on Otter 681, who was just officially named Luna!

Photo from @sheddaquarium Twitter.

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Rock has a candid conversation on comedy, race and making "Top Five"

The star commemorated the first anniversary of releasing her surprise visual album with a reflective video

There's a new gift for the lumbersexual who has everything except something that'll make his face look like it's covered in strange metallic growths: Beard Baubles, which are Christmas tree ornaments for your beard.

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A special election could be held to determine Topinka's successor but Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner believes he has the authority to appoint a replacement. [ more › ]