What Would Tiger Woods Do?

Ravi Somaiya · 12/25/09 09:24AM

Either Accenture didn't get all the Tiger Woods ads down in time for the holidays, or they're starting a clever new campaign. The intrepid Foster Kamer spotted this seven-foot-tall backlit message next to the security line at LaGuardia Airport today.

Freeze Frame

Whitney Jefferson · 12/25/09 09:00AM

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Obama Starts Vacation, Has Actual Red Phone in Case of Emergency

Ravi Somaiya · 12/25/09 06:34AM

While you may be hoping that something happens today to break any familial tension and give you something to talk about with aging relatives, the President is essentially crossing his fingers for an incredibly uneventful holiday in Hawaii.

Patton Oswalt on Christmas Shoes

John Trowbridge · 12/24/09 09:00PM

In this clip, Patton discusses his hatred for all Christmas songs by breaking down the ridiculous and cheesy
Christmas Shoes by NewSong (actual band name.) Watch how he uses the ridiculousness of the song to prove God's fallacy.

A Yule Log Fire For Everyone!

Whitney Jefferson · 12/24/09 07:00PM

Not everyone is lucky enough to be in front of a fireplace tonight. For those who aren't, here's the best online substitute we've found. It's quiet, high definition, and you can actually hear the soothing crackling of the fire.

Pope Tackled During Christmas Eve Mass (Now with Video)

Adrian Chen · 12/24/09 04:51PM

The Vatican's Christmas Eve mass had an NFL quality tonight. A mentally unstable woman knocked over Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the aisle at St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope is OK. Thank God. (Seriously, do it.) [AP]Update:

B.B. Bunny's Christmas Spectacular

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 12/24/09 04:30PM

More incredible than the miracle of Christmas is the miracle of adorable animals dressed up in costumes doing tricks. If only all the manger critters had frilled sombreros and hula hoops like the international superstar B.B. Bunny and her entourage.

Presenting The Gawker Internet Yule Log™

Adrian Chen · 12/24/09 04:27PM

From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold!

David Sedaris Reads "Six to Eight Black Men"

Whitney Jefferson · 12/24/09 02:51PM

Have some free time on your hands? Sure you do! Listen to David Sedaris read his short story, "Six to Eight Black Men," in it's entirety. The story is about about how Christmas is celebrated far away in the Netherlands.

Sixteen Women Getting Cars for Christmas

Kirk · 12/24/09 02:30PM

Lexus commercials be damned— women love getting cars for Christmas, no matter what brand they are! Here are sixteen different women receiving sixteen different cars and expressing a myriad of emotion (surprise, confusion, happiness) in sixteen different ways.

Ad Agency Combines Old Cell Phones to Play "Carol of the Bells"

Mike Byhoff · 12/24/09 02:23PM

Instead of throwing their old cell phones away, ad agency LBI "up-cycled" them and turned them into a living, breathing, interactive sculpture (and AMAZING website) called "mobile-mobile." It just so happens to also play awesome Christmas tunes.

Merry Christmas

cityfile · 12/24/09 02:22PM

We're off tomorrow for the holiday. In the meantime, if you have some info you'd like to share, feel free to email. Happy Holidays!

cityfile · 12/24/09 02:01PM

[December 24. Photo: Flickr/jglsongs]