Collectible!

It's the holidays again! Time for spending time with friends, baking holiday treats, and rolling our eyes at the collectible crap in the latest Hallmark catalog.

Let's see what our friendly neighborhood Hallmark store has to offer this season:

The utter creepiness of Precious Moments. Can someone tell me why these children are getting married?









The sheer weirdness of Willow Tree. Nope, she doesn't have a face. But she does have a pineapple! And wings!

















The delightful yumminess of Yankee candles. (OK, I do like the Yankee candles.)
















Now for some ornaments:


A Barbie dressed in tin foil...














A tiger that appears to have been skewered...









...and this guy. Hey, I'm just as much of a Star Wars fan as anyone else. But do I really want Emperor Palpatine on my Christmas tree? I'm thinking not.

Apple of my eye

I'm loving the Vince Gill Fruit of the Loom commercial. I found the full-length version at YouTube. (This one isn't interrupted by the grapes guy's cell phone ringing.)




The Hallmark catalog arrived at our house the other day, containing four full pages of the weirdness that is Precious Moments. I seriously don't get the whole collectible figurine thing. To spend 40-100 bucks apiece on these things to just let them set on a shelf and collect dust. It's just beyond me. Plus they're weird. Look at the picture. Why are these children getting married? Are they members of some sicko cult?

For the ultimate in Precious Moments weirdness, visit the Precious Moments theme park. So not kidding. Wish I were.