Ever bought someone the wrong book, or DVD for Christmas? Or how about the wrong gadget? According to Britain's search results, loads and loads of people just plain bought the wrong Apple product for their loved ones. That's because everyone wanted a Nexus 7, right? Read More >>

With Christmas and 2012 well and truly behind us, we welcome 2013 with the results of our most recent Shooting Challenge, the subject of which was simply 'Christmas'. Read More >>

OK, so here's a reason to rethink buying refurbished. Five-year-old Braydon Giles popped open a 3DS he just got for Christmas to find about nine photos of people, presumably the previous owners (or the previous owner's parents?), having sex. Hoo-boy. Read More >>

Oh come on, people. An 8-year-old foster child in Harlem opened a donated Christmas present to find a baby bear. And also a real pistol, which she thought was awesome, and started waving it around and showing everyone. It was inoperable, thankfully, but good lord who is putting guns in little kids' presents?? Read More >>

I love the How the Grinch Stole Christmas. My mother used to read it to us every year at Christmas. But you know who's cooler than my mom? The rapper Big Boi. Read More >>

In a move that surprised no one, you totally overdid this holiday period. You had to have thirds on ham. You took down a gallon of spiked eggnog. You were feeling festive, but now you feel like crap. Read More >>

We probably all have a rough idea of how exactly a snowflake forms high above our heads, but BytesizeScience breaks down the specifics of why every flake has six sides, how they can become so intricate, and why there might actually be plenty of them that look exactly the same. Read More >>

Merry Christmas! Today your day is all about friends and family and you're probably taking a lot of pics. We've got a little something for you to give those snaps a little extra holiday cheer. Read More >>

Much as we might like to pretend otherwise, there's one real thing underlying all of the food and merriment of Christmas: pressies. We agonise over buying them, spend hours wrestling with tape and ribbons and scented unicorn hair to wrap the whole lot up with, and then bung them under a tree for days on end. Question is though, what did you get from your loved ones (or possibly your stalkers)? Read More >>

These miBot nanomanipulators are ordinarily used to help scientists work with samples down a microscope. And at Christmas, they sing! Read More >>

During the holidays, there's nothing better than curling up by a roaring fire next to the Christmas tree. But seriously, what do you think I am, Scrooge McDuck? I don't have a fireplace, so this 8-bit version is the next best thing. Queue this up as your cooking your Christmas goose, and imagine yourself as an 80s video game character about to celebrate the holiday with your 8-bit family. [NowThisNews] Read More >>

People are growing more and more obsessed with ugly Christmas sweater parties, so if you want to show off how awesomely ugly your clothing can get, try this: an ugly sweater outfitted with a burning iPad. It'll blow the mind of every inebriated party goer you run into. Read More >>

Though holiday parties are dressed up in festivity and good spirits and cold weather, they're still freaking parties. And parties, filled with people of the human race, all end up the same way. This animated short about "-holics" shows how all holiday parties play out. For the Facebookaholic, the Twitteraholic, the Alcoholic, the Sexaholic, whoever -holic, party up. It's the holidays. Read More >>

Heads up, all your Scrooges out there. You might be stuck at home this Christmas, stranded by flooding or stuck with your in-laws, but all hope is not lost -- as long as you have an internet connection and a browser, you can celebrate Christmas in true festive style with these FREE console games you can play in your browser FOR FREE. Did I mention that it's free? Read More >>

It's Christmas eve -- if you don't have everyone covered by Christmas presents yet, you're pretty screwed. Well, apart from these beauties that is. Here are your not-even-slightly-lame emergency Crimbo presents you can grab right now, instantly from your computer, and look like a legend come tomorrow morning. Read More >>