Well, I've picked out my holiday greeting cards now
Category: Cephalopods
Posted on: November 29, 2007 12:46 PM, by PZ Myers
There are several other designs, too — order your Squidmas cards today!
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Have a calaMari Squidmas, everyone!
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | November 29, 2007 12:55 PM
I decided to get a jump on Easter. Sadly, my photoshop powers are weak.
Posted by: Dustin | November 29, 2007 1:01 PM
Why does that squid have an illuminated condom over its mantle?
Posted by: Bob O'H | November 29, 2007 1:53 PM
Are those lights artificial, or natural bio-luminescence?
Posted by: Theo Bromine | November 29, 2007 1:54 PM
Reminds me of this beauty:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/photogalleries/sea-creatures/images/primary/deepsea2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/photogalleries/sea-creatures/photo2.html&h=694&w=461&sz=50&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=UhBsOZjA7btKUM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhistioteuthis%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN
Posted by: Anon | November 29, 2007 1:57 PM
There's something deeply Lovecraftian about all this Squidmas shenanigans. It won't be long until it becomes Cthulhumas, and the brainwashing of our children will begin in earnest. Or continue in earnest, but in a different direction.
Posted by: DSK Samways | November 29, 2007 2:29 PM
Awesome! I wonder if they also have Flying Spaghetti Monster ones too..?
Posted by: Michael G.R. | November 29, 2007 2:34 PM
Squiiiid Chuuunks roasting on an open fiiiire....
Posted by: Jsn | November 29, 2007 2:41 PM
I like them battered and fried and served with a lemon and crushed san marzanos.
Damn, now I'm hungry.
Posted by: Dustin | November 29, 2007 2:44 PM
Michael G.R.-- Since the Flying Spaghetti Monster is licensed under a non-commercial creative commons license, there aren't any commercially available FSM holiday cards (until FSM creator Bobby Henderson starts selling them on venganza.org).
Having said that, I did just add a FSM e-card *just for you*:
Flying Spaghetti Monster FREE E-Card
Happy holidays!
Posted by: Andrew Shaffer | November 29, 2007 2:50 PM
I'm glad I'm a conservative, not a West-hating socialist. Even secular conservatives respect the social function of religion.
Example.
Posted by: John Knight | November 29, 2007 3:06 PM
Here's a squid-themed holiday card I painted back in 2002.
Dustin, I like your Easter cuttlefish image!
Posted by: sengkelat | November 29, 2007 3:23 PM
Squidmas. It sounds like something I could really sink my beak into, but I know nothing about it. Please enlighten this cephalopodophile about the origins and nature of Squidmas.
Posted by: Eris | November 29, 2007 3:27 PM
Here is a look at Fox News's look at the "war on xmas" based on the 12 days of xmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3lJec7_QbQ
If you don't laff, you are probably dead.
Posted by: bernarda | November 29, 2007 3:30 PM
Hey! A troll! Let's feed him...
...to Kraken as a Squidmas sacrifice.
Posted by: Dustin | November 29, 2007 3:40 PM
Support the War on Christmas! Buy Yule Bonds!
Posted by: Dustin | November 29, 2007 3:48 PM
West-hating socialist? LOL ... wow. Mr. Knight's credibility just coughed up some oil and started plummeting earthward. Curse you, Red Baron!
I agree, though - MadLibs are fun!
I'm glad I'm a liberal, not a dog-eating cougar roaming the hills of Montana.
I'm glad I'm a woman, not a defective child's toy in the hands of a two-year-old.
I'm glad I'm a Democrat, not a white supremacist.
Posted by: Kseniya | November 29, 2007 5:10 PM
"Even secular conservatives respect the social function of religion."
As to a suitable rejoinder, I'm torn between:
"Which is...?"
and:
"How about the odd ones?"
Also, I like Mad Libs too! Let's see...
I'm glad I'm a treehugging hippy-freak biologist, not an odd secular conservative.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | November 29, 2007 5:22 PM
I'm glad I'm an upholstered avocado, not a Pentacostal camshaft.
Posted by: Kseniya | November 29, 2007 5:24 PM
egads!!! hmmm...
Posted by: dorid | November 29, 2007 5:34 PM
Yes! better! OK then...
I'm glad I'm an unmitigated mucous calzone, not a well-greased frumious tardigrade.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | November 29, 2007 5:34 PM
We throw way better parties and you know it, Mr. Knight.
I'm glad I'm a gargoyle and not a masonry-hating Bauhausian.
I'm glad I'm a baseball and always whirling for freedom.
I'm glad I have a rock to wind a string around.
Posted by: Rey Fox | November 29, 2007 5:54 PM
OOOH!
I know what to get Rey for Squidmas: A prosthetic forehead!
Posted by: Kseniya | November 29, 2007 6:00 PM
So is Squidmas, but you don't see that stopping anyone...
actually, come to think of it, isn't the FSM card offered by the same artist who made the second generation Squidmas cards?
welcome to the world wide web.
Posted by: dorid | November 29, 2007 8:37 PM
I thought it was one of those South African rape prevention devices! (either groan or laugh here)
Actually, I think it's a cute card.
Posted by: the chaplain | November 29, 2007 9:14 PM
I'm glad I'm a semi-intelligent web programmer, and not a conservative athlete. I'm terrible at sports and if I had to go pro I'd never have time to program web sites.
I mean c'mon... what kind of dumb statement is that "I'm glad I'm a conservative and not a west-hating socialist"? If you don't want to be a west-hating socialist, you aren't going to be one so there's nothing to be glad about???
Damn straight, about the parties...
Posted by: woozy | November 29, 2007 10:33 PM
Where did Squidmas begin? Holiday cards featuring squid designs date back to 2005 (see Holiday Squid and the Yule Squid (that I licensed for use from the artist) on DeviantArt. The term "Squidmas" was itself coined by a graphic artist named Beverly Houwing as an homage to her cat, Squid. There are other "Squidmas" mentions on the Internet, including one here from 2006. Of course, the highest profile Squidmas creation is Dorid's Father Squidmas coloring book, available on Cafepress.
Posted by: Andrew Shaffer | November 29, 2007 11:38 PM
there's a lot of difference between Christmas cards and Holiday cards with Squids on them and "Squidmas" Cards.
Andrew, we'll probably go round and round this on a number of different blogs.
Posted by: dorid | November 30, 2007 9:10 AM
Squidmas is coming early in Seattle:
Giant stuffed squid! (or is it stuffed giant squid?)
Posted by: tim | December 1, 2007 8:58 PM