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"QUANTUM SHOT" #669
Link - by Avi Abrams

      Here is your "feel-good" fix for the Season

      Chocolate is addictive, and so is the spectacular imagery - and we have
      plenty of that right here on Dark Roasted Blend. 
      
      With this end-of-the-year collection of quirky pictures we ring up Christmas, 
      New Year, Orthodox and Chinese Holidays, Hannukkahs and Sweet Sweet Parties everywhere: 
      have fun and keep warm this marvelous Season!

      
      (image
        via)

      
      
      (images
        via)

      Maybe this is Santa's very own spiritual retreat? Trinity Church in
      Antarctica (Bellingshausen Station):

      
      (image via)

      Get out there in the snow! with
      Pippi Longstoking
      (Inger Nilsson, 1969) and her little friend:

      
      (image
        via)

      Magical Russian-style Christmas dreamed up by
      Anna Nemirovich:

      
      (image credit:
        Anna Nemirovich)

      Spend your Christmas morning with a... Hoover:

      

      Gotta love these vintage Christmas ads:

      
      

      Not in every country Santa Claus is welcome, for example
      Austria would rather have angels
      - which of course, are much cuter than the jolly old guy. Angels bring
      better presents, too. 
      
      Some really grungy and bad Santa Clauses:

      
      (original unknown)

      This Santa is better, but still pretty mischievous:

      
      (image
        via)

      A tree is a tree is a tree.... except at Christmas

      A shiny, chrome-plated tree can be made from used computer hard drives and
      discs (more
      info):

      
      (images
        via)

      On the left is yet another hard drive tree, on the right is a
      beautifully-lit tree in Pushkin City, Russia:

      
      (image
        via)

      Minimalist battery-powered (obviously) Christmas tree is here! (more
      info, left image below). Middle image shows the tree to make if you have some
      spare barrels... and on the right is fully recycleable tree made from
      plastic bottles in Haifa, Israel:

      
      (images via
        1,
        2,
        3)

      The Traffic Light Tree by Pierre Vivant lights up London's Canary
      Wharf (left image below)... while on the right you see the "High Fashion"
      tree, appropriately trim and winnowy:

      
      (images via
        1,
        2)

      Student Christmas tree (right image below) does not require any money
      investment:

      
      (images
        via)

      The biggest ever Christmas tree made from blown glass is located in
      Murano, Italy (the capital of artistic glass creations):

      
      (image
        via)

      What to do with all these Christmas present boxes and packing material
      left over? Well, here is an idea: stack them up and make a City -

      
      (image
        via)

      Comic book superheroes decorations can swing, rock and simmer on your tree
      like no other ornaments! Check out this superhero crowd:

      
      (images credit:
        Jim Murphy,
        Chris Devers,
        George Lyons,
        via)

      Similarly, some cool Star Wars decorations can be found and enjoyed on
      your tree:

      
      (image credits:
        Becky Smith,
        Fran Moff,
        via)

      Recycled electronic and computer parts ornaments:

      
      (image
        via)

      May your new year will be filled with great beer! Brought to you by
      Santa-colored streamlined cool truck, no less! (this is Labatt's White
      truck design from 1947):

      
      (bottom image credit:
        Richard Spiegelman)

      Silent Night... not a creature stirred, or was allowed to stir:

      
      ("Don't Howl" art, found
        via)

      Prepare for the Icy Grip of Winter:

      
      (original unknown)

      Keep this in mind, guys:

      
      

      Get some energy (sleep?) -

      

      -
      So on that lovely advice, we roll on, carry on, and generally blast off to
      great times in 2011 - stay tuned for fantastic and magical material to
      fill up your coffee breaks, mind, heart and soul in the New Year -
      courtesy of Dark Roasted Blend!


      MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, FOLKS!

      
      (art by
        Leo Morey,
        cover for Amazing Stories, March 1935)

      CONTINUE TO MORE SEASONAL CHEER! (2010)

      EVEN MORE FUN HERE (2009) ->




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4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

those barrels are Kegs.. :D

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Merry winter solstice for all of you, also.
Thank you very much for this year of amazing discoveries all around the world. Eskerrik asko!
Pedro Iñaki

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trinity Church looks like something out of a fantasy world.

Thanks for all the great links, pictures, art and general connection to good things in the world, DRB. I hope 2011 is the best year yet for you.

- R.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for a great site, and have a great 2011!

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