One highlight of last Saturday's Christmas parade in Richmond, VA—besides random people on Segways—was supposed to be a giant Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer balloon. Unfortunately, a stop light got in Rudolph's way, and... watch the tragedy unfold, inside.

The Way We Live Now: stocking up on outrage. You can't blow all your outrage at once during this long and protracted class war. You have to parcel it out. Like budgeting for food, or cable, or your upcoming funeral.

[South Africans today tried to break the world record for the most Santas on wheels in one place, but fell 9,700 Santas short. Image via Getty]

Andrew Ridgeley is drinking by himself on what appears to be Christmas when George Michael walks in through the door! Wake me up before you go-go, because this is one stellar reunion in a video for a really great band.

Poor Jesus Christ only gets half the presents! This spurs Stephen Colbert to launch his annual "War on War on Christmas," in which he goes after sparring atheist-vs-religious billboards outside the Lincoln Tunnel. Watch inside.

Have you seen any instances of the word "Christmas" being replaced by the considerably more ethnic "Holiday"? Sen. Jim Inhofe sure has. And now that his hometown "Christmas" parade is a "Holiday" parade, he'll keep his horse stabled.

[The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City was lit on Tuesday night, bringing Christmas cheer to Christians, and reminding everyone else to pick a movie and a Chinese place for the 25th. Photo via AP.]

The holiday season is officially upon us! Tonight, the 74-foot, 12-ton Norway Spruce that serves as this year's Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center was lit—with 36,000 bulbs!—by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and... Jeff Zucker? Watch inside.

Today, Susan Boyle performed "O Holy Night" on The View. About 30 seconds into the performance, Boyle's voice cracked so badly that she was forced to cut it short, before Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg awkwardly danced around the debacle.

Yesterday, a very pregnant Mariah Carey graced HSN—several times!—to hawk everything from perfume (which she hates), to shoes, to a Ring Pop necklace. Carey also repeated herself ad nauseam, and—as this compilation from Rich Juzwiak shows—it was awesome.

Every year the Christmas event for New York's A gays is the Toys for Tots benefit. Tickets are so in demand for the sold-out event that some people are now charging exorbitant rates for tickets online. What about the kids?

[A vicious gang of Toy Store Kiddy Land Santa Claus Academy students march through Tokyo. Photo via AP.]

Since it's Black Friday, people are probably already pestering you about what gifts you want for Christmas. You'll ask for some small things, but what's on your real list? What items are too inappropriate to ask for?

Black Friday is upon us! It's the biggest shopping day of the year, and to help you out we've put together some holiday-shopping tips and tricks to so you get the best out of your orgiastic celebration of waste:

As far as fake singers go, that Jimmy Fallon loves to sing! Here he is on the "Golden Eagle Express", performing a Christmas song with The Roots as they float through Herald Square in New York City.

[The French are so ready for the holidays they've already lit the Christmas lights along the Champs Elysees in Paris. Photo via Getty]

[The War on Christmas has begun again in earnest! Christian activist group Faith and Action staged a live nativity scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court, just to show that they could. Click through for more photos. Images via Getty.]

Who would pay $80 for an action figure of Steve Jobs? Many geeks, apparently; MIC Gadget already sold its whole production run of 300 dolls. We say wait for the model that can scream "not fucking blue enough!" at you.

[It's too early for Christmas, but we can make an except for the Everland Zoo in South Korea, because it's never too early for penguins dressed in Santa and reindeer costumes. Click through for more. Images via Getty.]

"Why is Crate & Barrel selling Goatee Hitler?" a reader asks. Well, CB2 is the "hip" C&B spinoff, which would explain why the Führer-esque grim expression and bowl haircut are paired with a goatee. But orange? So not Adolf's color.