Christmas

event · in 25 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 11 · 2008: 5 · 2009: 1 · 2010: 3 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 1

Threads

• John's record of giving Hank presents: Christmas 2000 DVD player vs two pairs of tube socks (2007) — story, tell, 2007–2007
• John's Christmas presents for Hank and Katherine (2007) — story, update, 2007–2007
• Hank asks John and Nerdfighters what they got for Christmas (2010) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2010–2010

What the videos say

2007

• 2007-03-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. — For Christmas 2000 John bought Hank a DVD player and Hank gave John two pairs of white tube socks; John jokes Hank is still making up for it. (00:00:31)
• 2007-11-24 · November 23rd: BLACK FRIDAY! — Hank went to the mall to sort out his feelings about Christmas: he is 'kinda over it', finds it hard to care, and doesn't think he's alone. (00:01:21)
• 2007-11-24 · November 23rd: BLACK FRIDAY! — Hank says the holidays give people time off work only to stress out about spending the money they made. (00:01:21)
• 2007-11-28 · November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping — Hank objects to the article's claim that the mainstreaming of Green is taking Christmas away: he is not taking Christmas away but trying to make it suck less. (00:01:16)
• 2007-11-28 · November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping — Hank cites a New York Times article saying 80% of Americans wish Christmas were less materialistic. (00:01:16)
• 2007-11-28 · November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication — John says he wants to talk about Christmas on Friday, and is thinking he could answer Nerdfighters' questions early next week. (00:01:37)
• 2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — Noting that Hank has railed against the commercialization of Christmas, John says he is also opposed to Christmas: he likes the religious holiday but nothing about its secular side. (00:00:39)
• 2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — In a comic list John says he dislikes Uncle Sam, red with green, outdoor Christmas lights (a waste of electricity), reindeer, elves unless played by Liv Tyler, toy soldiers, eggnog and indoor Christmas trees. (00:01:09)
• 2007-11-30 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Having decided to give his time to people who love him, Hank playfully offers to write a song for any of them, especially about Christmas or 'eating your wife', whose chorus diehard Nerdfighters already know. (00:01:31)
• 2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — Saying he does not believe in a past golden era, John gives his basic rule: he likes everything about Christmas that was thought up before 1800. (00:02:07)
• 2007-12-20 · December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! — John settles on two punishment options for Hank; Nerdfighters will vote and Hank must do the winner. Option one: eat a blenderized Christmas meal including at least ham, eggnog and Christmas cookies. (00:02:59)
• 2007-12-26 · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — John calls this one of his favourite Christmases, first because of the Happy Dance Project, which has made him happy nearly every minute for days and which he thinks will be his cure for sadness. (00:01:47)
• …and 5 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

• 2008-02-12 · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — Hank tells John he finished the Christmas books John gave him and Katherine; he passed one ('Mouse' as heard) on through a used bookstore and may keep another to reread. (00:00:00)
• 2008-12-19 · Introducing...The Awesome — John tells Hank his Christmas present is a Heifer gift, jokingly 'five llama butts', since you can buy part of an animal. (00:01:10)
• 2008-12-22 · A Christmas Song! — Hank's comic song says Jesus is the one man who gets nothing for Christmas, though he hasn't been bad and it is his birthday too. (00:00:00)
• 2008-12-30 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says he heard John had a pretty good Christmas and received, among other things, a personal trainer. (00:01:51)

2009

• 2009-12-23 · Amazing Christmas Facts With John and Hank — The brothers say Alabama was the first US state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday, declaring it a state holiday in 1838. (00:01:03)
• 2009-12-23 · Amazing Christmas Facts With John and Hank — Christmas did not become a US national holiday until 1870, so for almost the first 100 years of the union it was not one; the brothers note there were fewer national holidays then. (00:01:24)
• 2009-12-23 · Amazing Christmas Facts With John and Hank — Hot cockles is a game, associated almost exclusively with Christmas, in which a blindfolded person is hit by someone in the room and must guess who hit them. (00:01:24)

2010

• 2010-05-28 · How To Do Everything — John demonstrates tying a tie (small end shorter, big end over, under, around and through), after joking that one should always choose a Christmas tie. (00:00:29)
• 2010-12-28 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — Hank asks John what he got for Christmas, so that he can then tell John everything he got; at the end he asks Nerdfighters too. (00:00:07)

2011

• 2011-11-29 · Stuffed with STUFF! — For its third-anniversary Cyber Monday sale, DFTBA Records charges $3 shipping per order anywhere for three days; international orders may not arrive before Christmas. (00:02:26)

2012

• 2012-03-06 · Know Your News! Understanding the Syrian Revolution in Under 4 Minutes — John says Hafez al-Assad was Alawi, a Shia sect with unusual beliefs: unlike most Muslims, Alawis don't hold praying five times a day mandatory and they celebrate Christmas. (00:01:27)
• 2012-11-24 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — As stores and consumerist culture pushed Christmas shopping earlier, Thanksgiving became the barrier, so Black Friday became the tipping point into the holiday shopping season. (00:01:09)

2013

• 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: Americans are not more likely to commit suicide around Christmas. (00:01:30)