Santa’s feeling a little overwhelmed this year. You tell by the way he slouches in his chair, generally avoids eye contact with the camera, and even scoffs—scoffs? Santa?!—at those crust-punk teens who crowd the booth just snap a nice Christmas photo (for their mothers, probably!). We here he’s got his own wish list this year: It says, “just leave me alone.”

These youngsters would be adorable on their own—seriously, what’s cuter than a two-year-old baby holding a newborn baby? That’s basically twice the cute for the price of one. Can’t get much cuter than that, right? Wrong. Put the kids in Santa hats and little puffy white beards and it’s not just cute—it’s Christmas gallery material!

Christmas isn’t all Yuletide joy and goodwill toward men. In fact, Christmas can be a downright bummer. Luckily, Hollywood producers understand, and have synthesized feelings of Christmas bleakness into celluloid throughout the years, from the Christmas malice of “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” right down to the psychopathic holiday classic “Silent Night, Deadly Night.”

Check out this gallery of frozen sculptures and fortresses from around the world.

Toys “R” Us already announced the toys it expects to fly off the shelves this holiday season. Here we showcase 10 of the most fun (in no particular order).

This holiday season why not scare your family and friends with a truly hideous sweater. Here are some suggestions.

Gingerbread houses aren’t just for the kids anymore. Here’s a show of some awesome—and weird—gingerbread houses.