With only a week and a half to go until old Saint Nick squeezes down our chimneys with his big bag of goodies, the Half-Eaten Mind once again brings you a special edition wallpaper and a selection of festive animated images to outshine any Christmas tree.
A good time is coming, I wish it were here,
The very best time in the whole of the year;
I’m counting each day on my fingers and thumbs –
the weeks that must pass before Santa Claus comes.
Then when the first snowflakes begin to come down,
And the wind whistles sharp and the branches turn brown,
I’ll not mind the cold, though my fingers it numbs,
For it brings the time nearer when Santa Claus comes.
While I’ve outgrown the whole Santa Claus thing, having seen my Mum come home too many times with bags of presents from Primark and Argos; and the house where I now live has no fireplace and chimney for Santa to fall through, and brandy and cookies are so extortionate in price I’d be broke before I’d even bought the Christmas cards, the legend of the bearded one in the red cardigan is still a very magical one, especially for the kids.
The HEM wallpaper for Christmas 2014 pays homage to the chubby old dude with the reindeer-driven sleigh and the cheery “ho ho ho“, by showing him at what he does best, squeezing his ample frame down chimney stacks.
I used a pre-made Christmas wallpaper from the HD Wallpapers site. This cheery and wintry wallpaper with Santa and his cute reindeer buddies was produced by Zanetine Web Design http://zanetine.com/ who mainly specialise in website building for commercial clients and are based in Amritsar, in the Punjab state of India. I then worked my Christmassy creative magic by uploading the original to the piZap image production site and added a few snowy effects and a reindeer bringing gifts for boys and girls good as gold. Add to that some blog branding with a Yuletide touch and within half-an-hour I was done and dusted. I’m sure Santa will give me an extra prezzie this Xmas just for this adorable wallpaper. Let me know what you think in the comments!!
You’ll be seeing this wallpaper as the official background of the Half-Eaten Mind up until our New Years‘ special shortly before the end of the Christmas break. It will also take pride of place on the HEM Twitter and Facebook pages too, so however you interact with the Half-Eaten Mind, we’ll be spreading some special Christmas cheer as Santa makes his way doing the same on a far grander scale through the night skies.
From myself at the Half-Eaten Mind, I would like to wish of you and your loved ones a very happy Christmas, full of joy, happiness, excitement….and mince pies!
Now….here come the GIFs.
Taken from various free animated image sites, HEM has brought you a healthy mix of the funny, sparkly and traditional, including many vintage examples from the early days of the popular internet (2000’s onwards). Hope you enjoy them, and of course they are free to borrow for your own use. After all, Christmas is about sharing!!
ADDITIONAL SOURCES:
“When Santa Claus Comes” – Kidspot http://www.kidspot.com.au/Christmas/Christmas-traditions-Christmas-poems-When-Santa-Claus-Comes+3664+661+article.htm
Zanetine home page http://zanetine.com/
IMAGE CREDITS:
“MERRY CHRISTMAS JINGLE BELLS” – Zanetine Web Design, HD Wallpapers (2 December 2013) http://www.hdwallpapers.in/merry_christmas_jingle_bells-wallpapers.html
piZap http://pizap.com/
Giphy http://giphy.com/search/christmas-2014/4
“Free Christmas Gifs – Animations – Christmas Clipart” – fg-a.com http://www.fg-a.com/christmas.htm
“CHRISTMAS Images #1-14 of 68” – AnimatedGIF.net & Travlang Online, Inc. http://www.animatedgif.net/seasonal/xmas/xmas.shtml
“Animated gifs merry christmas feliz navidad nativity wise men santa christmas tree christmas lights carolers snow” – caccioppoli.com http://caccioppoli.com/Animated%20gifs%20merry%20christmas%20feliz%20navidad%20nativity%20wise%20men%20santa%20christmas%20tree%20christmas%20lights%20carolers.html
“Moving Merry Christmas pictures, X-mas tree and Christmas clip art animated gifs” – Christmas animations at netanimations.net/netanimations.net http://www.netanimations.net/Animated_Santa_Clause_Xmas_Christmas_Trees.htm
“Free Christmas Gifs – Animated Christmas Gifs” – Gifs.cc http://www.gifs.cc/christmas-gifs.shtml
“Cute, Funny Christmas Animated GIF Collection (33 GIFs)” – Cute & Funny Christmas GIFs Collection, ThinkNice/ThinkNice.com & WebOrigination.com http://www.thinknice.com/cute-funny-christmas-gifs-collection/
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What a festive post. Wish you & your family a very Blessed & Merry Christmas Too.
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Thanks so much Priyanki…and the same to you!
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Merry Christmas! Happy Christmas Howls!
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Thank you Ice Wolf….wishing you a very Merry Christmas too!!
Vijay
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Awesome, dear Vijay … I am wishing you a wonderful holidays season.
All the best to you ⭐ Aquileana 😀
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Thank you so much Aquileana….wishing you the same too!
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