“It’s so trivial that the Catholic League won’t even be commenting on the situation,” reads the reactionary religious group’s official statement on the Starbucks cup controversy that’s supposedly rocking the Christian right. This is what happens when we treat products of the online garbage content cycle as actual news.
Woman Says She Gave Her Cheating Man a Printout of His DMs for Christmas

Don't fucking cheat on Cassy, aka @NessLovnTrey247 (she really likes Trey Songz), because she finds out everything.
D.A. Denies Feds Raided Teresa Giudice's Home for Christmas Presents
Teresa Giudice's sad last Christmas before prison is now fully depressing. According to a report from Radar, the feds raided Tree's house this week, taking "plasma televisions, expensive jewelry, cash, and even the kids' Christmas presents" because the Giudices failed to set up a restitution payment plan.
Christmas Is a Wonderful, Secular Holiday
Even when I was a believer, God had virtually no place in my Christmas. Each December 25, I suffered through Catholic mass, feeling each second crawl by. I had things to do, presents to open, Christmas movies to rewatch, sisters to fight with, extended family to see, food to eat and eat and eat. I might have…
Sexy Santa Spreads Christmas Cheer on Chatroulette with Mariah Carey
It's a Christmas miracle: Following a far-too-long hiatus, the incredible Steve Kardynal has graced the users of Chatroulette with a surprise performance for the second time in less than a month.
Come Join Us 'Round the Yule Log GIF

Merry Christmas! Come circle 'round the Gawker Yule Log GIF and complain about your family in the comfort of its looping digital glow. Happy Holidays, everyone.
Gather 'Round Ye Gawker Yule Log
We've got some punch to drink and cookies to eat, so we're signing off now—though we'll be back tomorrow! Until then, we invite you to gather 'round our very own Yule Log and bask in its warm glow.
Wal-Mart Will Fight for Its Honor, Stampede Deaths be Damned
Wal-Mart has spent over $1 million fighting a $7,000 fine over the stampede death of a Long Island employee on Black Friday in 2008. The store says "crowd trampling" is not an occupational hazard. Image is everything in retail.
Presenting The Gawker Internet Yule Log™
From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold!
I.D. Magazine Folding
According to Fast Company, F+W Media is shuttering I.D., the venerable design magazine. There's a sad logic to it, since half of I.D.'s readership consisted of magazine art directors, most of whom have been laid off.
Elle Castigates Their Lazy Interns
You might think interning under a coal-hearted Elle editor would be totally fun—long days discussing the Hills really loudly in the office and verbally abusing "freelancer Caragh"! But you'd be so so wrong. Three weeks ago interns received an acerbic 5-point 710-word missive, sent from a BlackBerry! Look guys, Elle…
'Times' Rescinds Buyout Packages For Six Laid-Off Employees
We're hearing that the New York Times has changed its mind about giving buyout packages to six of the employees eliminated in newsroom layoffs announced last month. Instead of a package that would have included benefits for a time, they'll walk away with severance packages, which don't include benefits. A source…