The staff of The Mary Sue would like to wish you, our readers, a very Merry/Happy Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Peaceful Solstice, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Life Day, and a Happy Boxing Day (ahead of time) and extend our gratitude for your continued visits, tweets, comments, and delightful feedback and tips. Indeed, your enjoyment is your gift to us, and we intend on spending our time returning the favor by providing you with all the geeky fun and news we’ve been giving you since early this year. Today, allow us to fill one grand Christmas Day post with a bunch of holiday-themed videos that not only celebrate the holiday season, but also celebrate the end of the holiday season. We know. It’s been exhausting. After the jump: Chewbacca singing, Santa Claus conquering Martians, how to gift wrap a cat, and a partridge in a pear tree.
The cast of Doctor Who sings:
And a Doctor Who version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas:
From the classic Rankin Bass show, The Year Without a Santa Claus, “Snow Miser, Heat Miser”:
Because 2/3 of The Mary Sue Staff requires at least one Batman-related post per day and it’s Christmas, Santa Claus in an episode of Batman:
Chewbacca sings “Silent Night”:
Mental Floss has The Muppet Family Christmas in its entirety.
Watch Bill Nighy sing in Love, Actually:
Vid Addict is the destination for “cat wrapping” instructions.
Because it wouldn’t be Christmas or Life Day without it, here is The Star Wars Holiday Special:
And, finally, the classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, which has — in case you were wondering after you read the title — received the MST3K treatment. You can watch the whole thing here (without the robot commentary):
From How Are You I’m Fine Thanks, a happy holiday from the Broship of the Rings, even though they were so over Christmas in, like, September:
