This post first appeared on Regretsy on December 30, 2009

Hail Barbie,
Full of Win,
The Lord is awesome!
Blessed art thou among 11″ fashion dolls,
and blessed is thy Porsche
which is sold separately.
Malibu Barbie,
Sister of Skipper,
play with us now,
and at the hour of 3:00,
when we get home from school.

ZOMG.

Level 4 Cat style.

Click on the menorah for your 5th Chanukah present!

Hey, Schindler’s List is my favorite picture, too!

If you bought a copy of Regretsy’s Fabricated Folktales from Finland, you may have received one of these door hangers as a worthless bonus item:

This Do Not Disturb sign (pictured here on the door of our hotel room in Helsinki) loosely translates to, “draw a cunt over your head and flee to the mountains.” I’m told it’s a fairly common Finnish expression, and it’s interesting to note that we did not have maid service the entire length of our stay.

One of the highlights of our trip to Finland was meeting this man: Petja Herra.

Petja first came to our attention on a site called Hel-Looks. Hel-Looks documents stylish people walking around Helsinki, on their way to do typically Finnish things (get drunk). We featured Petja’s picture here, and he instantly became an object of adoration in the Regretsy community.

Because Finland is only inhabited by about 12 people, Petja soon became aware of the feature, and began to post here and in our forums. Things got even better when he agreed to meet us in Helsinki, and we wound up golfing with beer cans and getting drunk in an igloo.

It’s a long story. But if you want to read about it, start here and click through the next few posts (password: CF4L).

In any case, Petja has prepared a short, educational Christmas greeting for all of you, and I hope it’s a useful tip that will make your holiday celebrations that much brighter. In fact, I’d like to suggest you learn this, propose it as a toast to your confused family, and share the video with us. That would make this the best Christmas ever.

Happy holidays to you and yours. And whatever you celebrate… START NOW

See Petja’s entire holiday message here