It's going down Christmas Day at the Make-Out Room and it pretty much sounds like the best Christmas ever:

Heeb or not, you are cordially invited to spend Christmas in the company of the “chosen” people…chosen to be alienated and bored stiff when everything is closed on Christmas, that is!

*SPEND some quality time with me!

*MARVEL at our Hanukkah bush, flown in from the guiltiest reaches of Poland, with crappy gifts afoot for everyone!

*STARE at our run of WOODY ALLEN films throughout the night, interspersed with the greatest hits of LARRY DAVID

*DROOL at the fine buffeted assortment of Chinese edibles – of the pork and non-pork varieties (veggie options)!

*GASP at the tuchuses, polkes and schmekels before you as competitors get down for prizes and glory in our dandy game of STRIP DREIDEL!

All that for ten bucks! But, of course, Broke-Ass Stuart has a line on how you can get yourself half-price tickets.

Much to my surprise, Emeryville's Bay Street shopping center is not only home to interesting art (or, art of any kind), but is self-aware!  Yes, rather than hanging up a giant Christmas tree like the unfettered capitalist scum of San Francisco's Union Square, Emeryville retail mecca erected a “holiday tree” made of shopping carts and shiny ornamental balls.  As BuboBlog (taker of the above photo) speculates, is this a pointed critique of the Black Friday-ification—the pepper spraying, and killing, of our fellow man over dumb crap we won't use in six months—of what was a winter celebration of family and Black Baby Jesus?

Artist Anthony Schmitt explains:

The shopping cart tree symbolizes both generosity and abundance, as well as acknowledging those less fortunate where their whole world may be housed in a cart. We see shopping carts everyday and take them for granted. Individually the beauty of an everyday object may become invisible, but in quantity you can’t miss it.

Oh.

[BuboBlog]

All your favorite Valencia corridor merchants have teamed up for the 4th year to help save you money on holiday gifts you were planning on buying anyway.  Gifts from the likes of Good Vibrations:

Good Vibrations is proud to be the Mission district’s sexy holiday resource! Get in the mood for mistletoe with complimentary chocolates and sparkling cider from 6-10pm and take 15% off when you spend $50 or more! Let our sex educator sales associates help you pick out the perfect gift for everyone on your list, and don’t forget yourself! Be sure to check out our sexy holiday kits and our special Ecorotic line, the natural choice for eco-friendly fun.

And Hangr 16:

DJ Jimmy Hits will be rocking the turntables and we'll be serving free drinks. Plus, 10% off these giftables: ties, underwear, jewelry and t-shirts. 7pm to 10pm

And HMS Beekeeper:

10% off everything in the store, hot honey-sweetened chai, and we'll be hosting Rocket Dog Rescue with dogs for adoption. Noon to 8pm.

Like years past, some shops will be spinnin' jams and dishing out booze, but if you're planning on painting the neighborhood red, it's best to swing by your favorite corner store and brown bag it.

The party officially kicks off at 5pm and goes until 10, but some merchants are running on their own schedule.  Check out MHBP's facebook for more info and what other deals are out there.

An anonymous reader sent this screenshot Thanksgiving night, noting “my inbox has been blowing up with okcupid messages from girls with neck tattoos and pop's bar trash alllll day. I guess people are bored at home or just hella randy from fisting birds all day?”

Oh golly.

But we get it—the holidays are rough on us single folk. Parents nag you about producing a grandchild that they know ain't coming anytime soon, your wifed-up friends get even more couply, and instead of going home with your significant other after the company holiday party, you end up explaining to your boss that the xerox machine is in urgent need of repair and you'll be finding a new, awkward route to your desk for the next few weeks.

So here's to you, lovelorn boys and girls.  May your Christmas be filled with disappointing first dates and creepy internet stalkers.

(Also, please excuse our tardiness in reporting this holiday news—a busy weekend schedule of drinking beer and eating soggy potatoes means we're only just now reading our email.)