Santa Claus

Jack Frost and the Secular Pantheon in 'Rise of the Guardians'

Adventures with Santa and co. in Dreamworks Animation's holiday wonderland

Chill: The Ice Kingdom

Queen Mary

10 Best Hipster Halloween Costumes From the Growlers' Beach Goth Party

Over the weekend, the Growlers' Beach Goth Party blessed us with the union of two amazing things...Halloween and a day on the playa. In celebration of their newly-released album Hung at Heart, the OC psych/surf tribe brought out a slew of bands to the Observatory including Audacity, Thee Rainca ... More >>

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Regency South Coast Village

Adam Carolla Hates the Holidays

Brea Improv

Last Christmas II—The North Pole Strikes Back

Theatre Out

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues

Chance Theater

Jacuzzi Boys and Jacuzzi Gals Talk About Vagina-Laden 'Glazin' Video

A (censored) screen shot from the homemade "Glazin'" video by the Jacuzzi Gals​The homemade fan video for Jacuzzi Boys' song "Glazin'" blew our minds when it came out last week, what with its vajazzly arts-and-crafts disguises on vaginas singing as aliens, Santa Claus, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Home ... More >>

Disneyland Rings in the Holidays on November 14

​Halloween Time may officially be over at Disneyland (other than the Haunted Mansion's The Nightmare Before Christmas makeover that runs through the rest of the year), but all of the pumpkins will soon be replaced by tinsel when the park's holiday season officially bows on November 14.Learn what p ... More >>

Happy Birthday Nintendo! Top Five Weird Hip-Hop Songs With 'Nintendo' In The Lyrics

sgs_1019/Flickr​Nintendo was founded as a multinational corporation in Japan 122 year go. Today the company is one of the most powerful in the gaming industry--well recognized both in and out of gaming circles. And the hip hop industry--with its proclivity to name-drop brands -- has been dicing N ... More >>

Snoop Dog Gives Holiday Greetings for Pepsi Max

Our favorite LBC-er commits holiday heresy by pimping out Santa Claus--which Coca-Cola has pimped out as their own for decades--for Pepsi. Pretty funny!

Santa Claus vs. the City of San Juan Capistrano

​Yes, Virginia, there is a blow-up Santa Claus. A great big one tethered to Buy My Bikes on Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano. Owner Jim Curwood says the holiday display attracts customers.But city Scrooges say, "Bah, humbug." They say the jolly old fat man is an eyesore. They say Curwood i ... More >>

"Merry Christmas, Motherfuckers!": Seven Favorite Hip-Hop Holiday Songs

​While it doesn't happen too much anymore these days, the hip-hop world has been known to put out a holiday album or two--and sometimes the  too-bright cheerfulness of Christmas carols pairs up extra nicely with the often humorous and/or the sometimes, uh, adult content of the lyrics.After th ... More >>

This Week in Food: Everyone's Top Five, Adventures in Argentina, and Fat Santa!

Flickr user FortysevenDon't feed Santa too many cookies lest he get like this...​It is the holidays, and most publications are list-crazy. But we do it best--four critics, four top-five restaurant lists, and no spillover! And more highlights after the jump!

Miracle on 34th Street

Regency South Coast Village

How Many Calories Does Santa Claus Consume On Christmas?

​When I was a young boy, I loved to leave cookies and milk out for Santa Claus. This tawdry attempt at bribery, meant to distract him from the fact that I'd attempted to impale the dog on my He-Man and the Masters of the Universe sword ("I HAVE THE COCKER SPANIEL!") and tried to melt my sister's d ... More >>

Five Venison Recipes For When Santa Pisses You Off

Flickr user peterjbaer​I wanted a Voltron. A real Voltron with the die-cast pieces of the five individual colored Lions that made up Voltron. You could snap them together and then go around defending the galaxy. I wrote to Santa Claus and asked for it; I even forbore from torturing my little siste ... More >>

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Maverick Theater

Men Alive: Desperately Seeking Santa

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Greatest Christmas Single Ever: Bruce Springsteen's 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'

It's 1985 and I'm in second grade living in Hershey, Pa. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. came out the the summer before but continues to produce hit singles like "Glory Days," "I'm Going Down," "I'm on Fire" and "My Hometown." My dad bought the vinyl LP--I still have it, plus a CD version ... More >>

Stuff-a-Bus

Honda Center

Christmas Train

Irvine Park

"Home for the Holidays" Animal Adoption

Irvine Animal Care Center

Crystal Cove Tree-Lighting Ceremony

Crystal Cove Park

Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

Flickr user CankerCanison​ Anybody unlucky enough to be working on the Friday after Thanksgiving? No fear: Tweets From the Park will make it allll better. (Kind of. For like, three minutes, at least.) Read through our weekly feature where we gather together all the best, funniest and most irrevere ... More >>

How Much Do These Plays Make You Feel Like the 12 Days of Christmas Are More Like 12 Weeks?

Update on tomorrow's Instagon show

If you read my story on Instagon's 500th show (and I know you did), you know that Instagon head honcho Lob plans on bringing a slew of guests to play with him. I hate to spoil the surprise, but Lob sent out an email with a list of people he expects to take the stage. And because ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] The Never-Ending Navidad

Musical Advent Calendar: Snoop Doggy Dogg, et al, 'Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto'

Death Row Records--co-founded by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight in 1991--was, of course, incredibly influential in the world of west coast rap in the early '90s. And incredibly controversial.But not everything released on the label was quite as provocative as say, "Deep Cover." There was also 1996's Christ ... More >>

13th Annual Christmas Train

Irvine Park

To Do This Weekend 12/5-12/7

Lighting of the Bay at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina, Friday 6 p.m.Santa Claus himself will kick off the holiday season by flipping a giant switch to light more than 50 impressively illuminated and decorated Christmas trees situated in the tranquil waters of the bay.Back Bay Bistro, 1 ... More >>

Hey, You!

Bad Santa

To Do Tonight - 12/28

NEW YEAR’S BUBBLY TASTING, 4pm Try extremely affordable sparklers from all over the world that will keep you raising your glass toast after toast after toast.... Vin de Pays, 5103 Richfield Rd., Yorba Linda HOLIDAY LIGHTS FESTIVAL, 5:30pm The Zoo entrance and farm area will be transformed into a ... More >>

Retro Wishes Come True

Santa Claus conquers martians, tramples Christmas spirit. Yay!

To Do Tonight - 11/30

FREE FRIDAYS, until 5pm No admission cost every Friday. Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, (562) 439-2119 HOMECOMING CHRISTMAS FAIR, 5pm The event will feature vendors, a kid's petting zoo, bounce houses, pony rides and of course Santa. Piecemakers Country Store, 1720 Adam ... More >>

Comic Con 2007: Real-D

In addition to the Beowulf , more 3-D stuff was demo'ed. Oops, I mean "stereoscopic." That's the term the owners of the Real-D company prefer to "3-D." The CEO and president were there. I didn't bother to take down their names because I doubt you care. Anyway, this is the new 3-D system that was u ... More >>

All That Crap

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is great stuff, we shitteth you not

Diary of a Mad County

Dec. 13-Dec. 19

Ho, Ho, Oh No-- It's Disney

You may believe there's a little bit of Santa Claus in all of us, as long as we keep the spirit of the Christmas season alive in our hearts. If you do, you better not mention that to Disney, because according to the BBC, some of the company's mouse-eared bah-humbuggers are claiming that Disney owns ... More >>

New Reviews

Cocaine Cowboys; Flushed Away; The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause; Umrao Jaan

Santa Claus Conquers the Nuggets

Greenhornes have two hits

Bad Santa

You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

!Ask a Mexican!

Diary of a Mad County

Anthrax Schmanthrax

Daddy Dearest

Raising kids can be murder

Big Brother Award

Santa Claus is Coming to Town . . . for Blood!

Junk-food Theater

The $1.2 Million Holiday!

. . . And the gifts you'll actually get!