HAPPY NERDTIVITY AND SWEET GEEKMAS TO ALL.
So, Kevin and I? We picked our favorite. So many good options but this one was like a meteorite of pure awesome striking us each in our manly mega-beards.
That up there, that’s #4 in the list, and it’s our favorite of the bunch.
Of our winning entry, Kevin says:
There is so much to love in this scene, but what makes it tops for me is the stuff in the background. The Dark Lord of the Sith is an ominous portent but he’s completely destroyed by the friendly Abominable Snowman cannonballing out of the sky. Vader’s red phallic symbol, usually held like an aggressive Viagra boner, is at half mast in deference to the joy of the Snowman. The Force is strong with him, and with so much else in this entry. Bravo!
I, too, am a huge fan of the cannonballing Bumble. Also: Xenomorph! Rocket! Jack! Slimer.
I want to live inside that Nativity. LET ME LIVE THERE.
So: Tiffany and Eric? Congratulations!
And now, it’s your turn to vote.
Here’s how this works.
You will click this link and gaze in awe at the Nerdtivity 2014 gallery.
You will choose your single favorite Nerdtivity and you will post the number of that photo (note: each photo is numbered!) in the comments below. DO NOT CHOOSE NUMBER FOUR because, duh, Kevin and I already picked that one, nyah nyah nyah. (Inevitably, one of you will vote for #4 anyway, and your vote will be disqualified because you did not read carefully enough.)
You have till Sunday night (12/21), 11:59PM EST to vote.
Then, next week, I’ll tally the votes and we’ll pick the top two winners and pick a random two winners (and those folks will win the prizes dictated in the original Nerdtivity rules post).
You can vote one time only.
And I think that’s that.
So: get to voting, nerds.
boydstun215 says:
Number 24 . . . because WTF?
December 16, 2014 — 9:28 PM
The Glitzy Faery says:
Two by two, hand of blue – Firefly! I’m guessing. Really, really guessing. 😀
December 16, 2014 — 9:39 PM
Dawn Pier says:
Number 15!!
December 16, 2014 — 9:39 PM
mirymom says:
#26 because Christmas is a kind of alien exploration for me.
December 16, 2014 — 9:39 PM
sheilasstephens says:
Number 22 has got my vote. There’s just so much to geek out over, but the Bat-signals and Angel on top just slay me. And that 4th Doctor’s scarf as the swaddling clothes!
December 16, 2014 — 9:40 PM
The Glitzy Faery says:
Holy crap, I missed The Beatles on that one!
December 16, 2014 — 9:42 PM
The Glitzy Faery says:
#10, for the juxtaposition of My Little Pony and Batman.
But you’re right, I totally want to vote for #4. Plants vs Zombies!
December 16, 2014 — 9:41 PM
Peg says:
26, because I love the idea of it. But Yup, #4 is the big winner, no question for me.
December 16, 2014 — 9:43 PM
zer_netmouse says:
26 is amazingly awesome. The camera angle, the story evoked by the positions of the figurines, with the ship overhead. It’s a great scene.
But it sort of seems like it should fall in a completely different category from all the others. It’s not so much a nerdtivity as a dramatic scene that uses a nativity as its basis – I mean, according to the original post, this was supposed to be something outside of the normal nativity along the lines of geek/nerd culture, whereas 26 *is* a normal nativity, being invaded by an away team. Which is totally a geeky think to do. But is it a nerdtivity? it’s certainly not along the lines of the examples given from prior years.
I am torn here. I am definitely torn.
December 16, 2014 — 10:58 PM
PD says:
14. Daleks. Because rock, paper, scissors, snake, daleks.
December 16, 2014 — 9:48 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
37 is adorable, but I’m voting for number 11 purely because they built the stable out of books.
December 16, 2014 — 9:50 PM
Jana Denardo says:
This hard. They’re all such fun. #26 because Vulcan nerve pinch to a Wise Man wins.
December 16, 2014 — 9:56 PM
Betsy says:
25 because Sailor Moon!
December 16, 2014 — 9:58 PM
D says:
I vote for #3.
December 16, 2014 — 9:58 PM
tabithahuizinga says:
37. So cute, and made me think of think of the Redwall series. (Was that the plan? If not, I’m pretending it is.)
December 16, 2014 — 10:01 PM
Chris L. Owens says:
25 – Sailor Moon & Pokemon!
December 16, 2014 — 10:02 PM
mark matthews says:
14
December 16, 2014 — 10:03 PM
Leslie Church says:
Number 5
December 16, 2014 — 10:05 PM
Brandon O'Brien says:
26 – Simply great. Classic Trek alien nativity should have been a real episode!
December 16, 2014 — 10:06 PM
leedunning says:
26 – Kirk hovering over the Virgin Mary can have so many interpretations.
December 16, 2014 — 10:08 PM
John Rakestraw says:
I like #25, Sailor Moon is always a winner…
December 16, 2014 — 10:14 PM
Joan Leacott says:
#37–ditto the Redwall series
December 16, 2014 — 10:14 PM
Piccadilly Jilly says:
14 Globey, The Fonz and Daleks…a winning combo!
December 16, 2014 — 10:16 PM
Maisie Smith says:
# 3… thumbs up, Jesus.
December 16, 2014 — 10:16 PM
lisaoliver79 says:
#8 – had all the elements I liked 🙂
December 16, 2014 — 10:17 PM
Erin says:
Is it against the rules to vote for your own picture? If so, discount this one. If not, #26!
December 16, 2014 — 10:21 PM
joanraymondwriting says:
37
December 16, 2014 — 10:22 PM
carol gonsky says:
I choose number 26.
December 16, 2014 — 10:24 PM
Mandy says:
I vote for #3, cuz who can pass up octo-baby and look on Buddy Christ’s face. Yeah, he tapped that, lol!
December 16, 2014 — 10:27 PM
Juli says:
26!
December 16, 2014 — 10:30 PM
Doreen Ann Queen says:
Number 9!
December 16, 2014 — 10:41 PM
Glen Donaldson says:
Number 26 boldly goes where none of the others dare. Agree with BOB (Brandon O ‘Brien). Should have been an episode.
December 16, 2014 — 10:50 PM
LBD says:
Number 26!
December 16, 2014 — 10:51 PM
MonaKarel says:
#5 Because we’ve made a battleground out of the solstice
December 16, 2014 — 10:51 PM
Sharon Greene says:
Number 7. I’m a sucker for superheroes.
December 16, 2014 — 11:06 PM
smkay70 says:
Going with #26
December 16, 2014 — 11:10 PM
Jo says:
Number 5!
December 16, 2014 — 11:15 PM
Sasha says:
Gotta go with 26. 🙂
December 16, 2014 — 11:15 PM
Lindsey says:
#25. Sailor Moon!
December 16, 2014 — 11:16 PM
mannixk says:
#5. Hello Kitty in a manger…gold. Plus Chuck’s terrifying goose seems to have made it to the inn.
December 16, 2014 — 11:24 PM
Linda says:
Voting for #3
December 16, 2014 — 11:30 PM
Tammy says:
Loving them all, but I vote for 26.
December 16, 2014 — 11:56 PM
johnklima says:
I pick #22 because Shatner.
December 17, 2014 — 12:05 AM
JJ says:
#26 for the Enterprise as the guiding star, nerve-pinching a Wise Man, Chekhov shooting an angel, and Bones giving the baby its first neonatal checkup.
But yes, #4 is the clear, effing awesome winner here.
December 17, 2014 — 12:08 AM
Laura Roberts says:
I think I’m gonna have to vote for #25 because Sailor Moon = Girl Power, and lord knows this year’s Nerdivity could use a heaping helping of that!
December 17, 2014 — 12:17 AM
Julie Griffith says:
#14. Who else but Wonder Woman could accomplish a virgin birth? Add The Fonz, a Starry Night tardis backdrop, and an elvin baby Jesus and you have a wonderfully bizzare nerdtivity!
December 17, 2014 — 12:35 AM
nfalkestav says:
number 19 because of the common theme and cute baby Jesus
December 17, 2014 — 12:55 AM
C.M. Simpson says:
35!
December 17, 2014 — 1:06 AM
Laura L. says:
So, so many good ones! You have to give an extra nerd prop to anything crocheted, and a Cthulu on a dragon has to get high marks (#2). My goodness, #22 has a bit of everything in it! And #26 is done very well with the whole ST theme. But I’m going to be an outlier here. My vote goes to NUMBER 15, because: Supernatural.
December 17, 2014 — 1:11 AM
tambra nicole says:
#30 because I love Final Fantasy, Doctor Who and theTransformers. Three wise kangaroos bearing not just any chocolate, but Violet Crumble. Scooby and Wallace the inventor from Wallace and Gromit round it out. So many great entries to choose from! I hope you do this next year, Chuck.
December 17, 2014 — 1:45 AM
Anne Arbuthnot says:
19
December 17, 2014 — 1:45 AM
secretsongdesigns says:
#26 for the win!
December 17, 2014 — 1:49 AM
Traylantha says:
Gotta say #29 because Zombie Jesus. And the three wise men.
December 17, 2014 — 1:56 AM