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.
Jan says:
#20 palm tree with presents too
December 17, 2014 — 2:23 AM
M T McGuire says:
Like many I am loving number 26 but have to go with 29 because of the Austin Powers figure! Random.
December 17, 2014 — 3:50 AM
Kevin B. says:
I’m going with 21. I love its composition.
26 is a close runner up though. Fantastic idea.
24 is great too (science!)
5 is funny because it’s an actual War on Christmas!
December 17, 2014 — 4:38 AM
Kaal Alexander Rosser says:
Number 26.
Very tempted by number 37, purely because I’d happily stick that on all my actual xmyth cards.
December 17, 2014 — 5:46 AM
Swiglitz says:
#3
Buddy Christ, Bender and Cthulhu.
Cthulhu wins Christmas.
December 17, 2014 — 5:49 AM
aspeed says:
#15 gets credit for using Castiel as the angel – spot on casting, that – but I love #26’s thematic consistency and composition. That’s just elegantly done.
December 17, 2014 — 5:56 AM
Laura Quirola says:
Numbers 2 and 3 both have Cthulhu…. and Number 15 has Castiel as the guiding star. These are all so flipping wonderful. Then there’s the Sailor Moon and Star Trek ones (#25, #26).
This is HARD, Chuck!!!!
I choose: Number 2. Mostly because a crocheted Cthulhu riding Smaug above the Shire made me giggle.
December 17, 2014 — 6:09 AM
Katrina Herrmann says:
#26!
December 17, 2014 — 6:49 AM
danielyeshe says:
26 for me.
December 17, 2014 — 6:56 AM
Diane weaver says:
#12 for me. The three wise men with no Howard because he is not a doctor and animal as the drummer
December 17, 2014 — 7:13 AM
addy95 says:
29. come on its got harry potter, star trek and firefly in the same shot
December 17, 2014 — 7:23 AM
maridevalerio says:
13. There! Now I hate both of you equally. Happy Holidays to all! 🙂 ( Mr Hearne, Mr Wendig, this is pure stubbornism, okay? ’cause the thirty sixth pic is nice as well)
December 17, 2014 — 7:34 AM
mattblackattack says:
Not sure what it is about #31 that I love (aside from Donatello) but that one gets my vote.
December 17, 2014 — 7:54 AM
Editor Twisted Knickers Publications says:
#14. Loved zero, the doughboy, and the starry night back drop, but the Fonz did it for me.
December 17, 2014 — 8:02 AM
Christopher says:
No 36. Cards Against Humanity Christmas
December 17, 2014 — 8:15 AM
Margaret Atwood says:
A LOT of creativity out there. Please keep them doing stuff like this… don’t let them out into the world!
December 17, 2014 — 8:16 AM
byebyebeer says:
#21. So many great ones!
December 17, 2014 — 8:18 AM
M.E. Garber says:
They are all awesome, but my fave is #25.
December 17, 2014 — 8:29 AM
GW says:
#26 FTW!
December 17, 2014 — 8:50 AM
Ellie Di Julio says:
14! Fonz and WonderWoman have a leprechaun and are attended by Globey? YES.
December 17, 2014 — 8:52 AM
Jim Franklin says:
Gotta be number 8.
December 17, 2014 — 9:01 AM
Sarah Bewley says:
37! MICE!
December 17, 2014 — 9:18 AM
SMertz74 says:
#12
December 17, 2014 — 9:23 AM
kakubjaya says:
#1, the sheer scale of that thing…
December 17, 2014 — 9:27 AM
NomadNurpu says:
#8
December 17, 2014 — 9:56 AM
Jennifer McAndrews says:
I’m going with 5 for its simple awesomeness
December 17, 2014 — 10:05 AM
gilleyvanweirden says:
I vote for mine! I mean, nummah 14! (these are all quite good!)
December 17, 2014 — 10:06 AM
Gabriel says:
#26! An elegent execution of a good concept, and it reads the best as a nativity scene.
December 17, 2014 — 10:12 AM
CLWho says:
#14
December 17, 2014 — 10:15 AM
Kathy McNamara says:
#14- Who? Who!
December 17, 2014 — 10:17 AM
Henry says:
14
December 17, 2014 — 10:21 AM
angela wilson says:
#14
December 17, 2014 — 10:22 AM
astrickland says:
#14 all the way!
December 17, 2014 — 10:22 AM
Anthony W. Eichenlaub says:
14
December 17, 2014 — 10:26 AM
Jessica @ a GREAT read says:
#28 😉
December 17, 2014 — 10:29 AM
Morgan Ellery says:
29
December 17, 2014 — 10:31 AM
Diane says:
So many fantastic choices. Such fun. My vote goes to number 3!
December 17, 2014 — 10:33 AM
S. Kay Nash (@Gnashchick) says:
#29. E.T. sealed the deal
December 17, 2014 — 10:35 AM
Xmas Themed Pun Name (@chichenpizza) says:
I kinda like #30, with the 3 Wise Kangaroos who actually brought some awesome gifts, the authentic barn, and the interractial Lara Croft size queen relationhip. And I salute the makers of #17, the Peztivity. I also liked #25 because that nice lesbian couple adopted a baby and celebrated with a barn party.
But in the end, I gotta vote for #29: Picard, Dr. Who, and Mad-Eye Moody attempt to stop the rise of Zombie Jayzus whose mom is trying not to barf at the monstrosity she’s birthed, while a horrified Scotsman and his animal entourage look on in horror.
December 17, 2014 — 10:37 AM
Debbie says:
#30
December 17, 2014 — 10:47 AM
Jinxie G says:
#8 because I was born into the trekkie-verse.
December 17, 2014 — 10:51 AM
Amanda H says:
#12. Because it seems so right that Alien and Predator would overcome their differences to produce Stewie.
(And because Animal.)
December 17, 2014 — 10:53 AM
Vanessa says:
Making me choose only one seems cruel. But if I can’t vote for them all, then it’s got to be 14. 😀
December 17, 2014 — 11:00 AM
epalmerbrown says:
#12 – because Stewie is the Messiah and Groot knows it.
December 17, 2014 — 11:07 AM
Cybil says:
26 all the way! I love that Spok is totally Vulcan Holding the wise man.
December 17, 2014 — 11:13 AM
Gammelor Goodenow says:
#5, because seeing Hello Kitty being attacked by green army men made me laugh out loud. And because the angel is pretty awesome,too.
Honorable Mentions to:
#24, for originality
#12, for using Stewie as the babe in the manger
#37, for looking like what I would actually do for my own, serious nativity scene
December 17, 2014 — 11:16 AM
Kara Petit Gutierrez says:
#14 is soooo epic, I gotta choose that one. But bonus points to #30 for using the Fisher Price barn as a manger. 😀 And the rodent lover in me says #37 should at least get honorable mention.
December 17, 2014 — 11:16 AM
zer_netmouse says:
Ok, I’ma vote for #14. Because Wonder Woman and the Fonz, and extra bonus points for Arthur from The Tick!
December 17, 2014 — 11:18 AM
cljohns82 says:
26.
December 17, 2014 — 11:30 AM
Michael J. Martinez says:
I’m going with #3, because Buddy Jesus invalidates all others.
December 17, 2014 — 11:35 AM