Christmas

Merry Christmas and Look Out for the Wall!

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“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it ‘Christmas’ and went to church; the Jews called it ‘Hanukkah’ and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say ‘Merry Christmas!’ or ‘Happy Hanukkah!’ or (to the atheists) ‘Look [...]

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Wine Harlots Holiday Gift Wish List

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“I don’t know what’s in the box, but I love it. Unopened gifts contain hope.” ― Jarod Kintz Here’s a few items that have caught my eye that I would love to see under the Wine Harlots Christmas tree this year. Extravagant and unrealistic? Sure. But isn’t that what a gift wish-list is all about? Travel [...]

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Wine Bottle Cozies

photograph of wine bottle jackets to cover wine for presentation. this ia the black tie set with a tuxedo and a little black dress wine cozies

Yeah, we know Wine Harlots is supposed to be too edgy or sophisticated for tacky wine bottle covers, but these wine wraps are hilarious. We haven’t decided if we like the black tie wine tuxedo jacket or the tacky Christmas sweater cozy best. What’s your thoughts? If you’re with us in thinking these wine bottle [...]

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What to Drink for the Holidays?

photograph of mumm champagne sparkling white wine being poured into a shallow coupe cocktail stemmed wine glass

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy Families. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you can’t fix ‘em or change them, try as you might, it’s futile. Granta, the literary magazine, once devoted a whole edition to the subject: The Family: They Fuck You Up. Which pretty much [...]

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The Little Match Girl :: Hans Christian Andersen

color illustration for  The Little Match Girl story  by Hans Christian Andersen written in 1845 The drawing was created in 1922 by Honor C. Appleton for the Hans Christian Andersen book Fairy Tales. It is a dreamy picture with golden hues of a child freezing to death in the snow having hallucinations of warmth and happiness and being reunited with her dead grandmother.

Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening — the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the [...]

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Gloria In Excelsis :: Evelyn De Morgan

oil painting titled Gloria in Excelsis by Evelyn Pickering De Morgan two arch angels serenading the world  on high with a chorus of angels overhead

painting Gloria In Excelsis by Evelyn De Morgan (1893) oil on canvas in the permanent collection of the De Morgan Centre, London, England

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Santa Claus vs W.C. Fields

sepia drawing by Thomas Nasts classic Merry Old Santa Claus created in 1881

“Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we’ll be seeing six or seven.” — W.C. Fields Merry Old Santa Claus by Thomas Nast. First appearance in Harper’s Weekly 1881.

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Come Sit On My Lap: Creepy Santa Claus

Seriously creepy Santa Claus from the T. Eaton & Company Christmas catalog circa 1906. A drawing to give even big kids bad dreams.

“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.” – George Carlin Santa Claus from the Eaton’s Department Store Christmas Catalog circa 1906. The Santa Claus that gives even big kids bad dreams.

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Aurora Triumphans :: Evelyn De Morgan

oil painting titled Aurora Triumphas by artist Evelyn de Morgan three arch angels trumpeting victory over darkness and evil

painting Aurora Triumphans by Evelyn De Morgan (1886) oil on canvas in the permanent collection of the De Morgan Centre, London, England

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The Wine Harlots Wish List: Gift Giving Suggestions

photograph of a bike bicycle with a wine crate bike rack luggage rack storage rack

Besides our annual wishes for world peace, ending hunger and fair trade for wine, here’s a few of the shiny trinkets that have caught the shallow Wine Harlots fancy this holiday season. We promise to be good next year Santa! What Southern California beach babe worth her salt wouldn’t want Santa to bring her a [...]

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