Holiday Help and Humor
December 10th, 2007
Try it... If you're shopping for your boyfriend, you'll find links with Christmas Gift Ideas for Men, "Romantic Gifts for Him," and even one labelled "Christmas Presents For Your Boyfriend!"
There's "Gift Ideas for Couples," "Cute Japanese Toys, Dolls & Collectibles," and one that just offers to give you "Amazing Christmas Ideas."
I did a search on Hanukkah, and Xerpi pulled up more holiday links. (One offered to let me "Learn about Chanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights" or "learn the rules for playing dreidel, and a recipe for latkes!")
But what I like best about surfing the web is serendipity — I always find something even more wonderful than what I was originally searching for. Xerpi definitely proved this to me when searching on the word "Christmas." One favorite linked to a web site called "I am bored.com" which was hosting a copy of a hilarious three-minute video promising "the best Christmas lights ever." It shows an amazing house display synchronized with a bombastic electric guitar version of Christmas carols. (I'm just glad I don't live next door to them!)
Xerpi also found a link to some fan fiction for the anime cartoon Naruto titled "What I Want For Christmas." ("She enters, and her seductive innocence floors him so...") There was even a link to a news story called "Syphilis for Christmas," but it didn't seem particularly jolly...
And one link made me really jealous. It told the story a San Francisco geek who received his first Christmas card of the year...from Google! (They sent him a digital photograph frame which even played mp3s!)
I ended up spending over half an hour just clicking through all the interesting links.
But maybe it makes sense. After all, besides giving us a chance to spend time with our loved ones, I've always thought of the holiday as a time for fun surprises.
And I never fail to find a lot of fun surprises when searching Xerpi!
