Lately, I've been feeling like a shill for Yahoo! 360. Back in September, I got the bright idea to establish a page that my students could link to in order to find out their assignments for the upcoming week. Now, 360 cannot hold a candle (Christmas or otherwise) to MySpace, but I liked it because it was new and hadn't been corrupted by a bunch of predators, like MySpace. In other words, reasonably safe for school. Once I had established my page, I then had all my students create their own pages and connect to mine. In a matter of days, Yahoo! now had about 90 more users, in a key demographic, at that.

Well, the holidays are here and, without any help from me (until now!) Yahoo! has set its sights on yet another key demographic. Little kids. To wit, Yahoo! has enlisted Santa, his wife, his head elf, and even Rudolph (Quick! Someone call PETA!) to spread holiday cheer and to encourage folks to use 360. Each of them has his or her picks of movies (Miracle on 34th Street tops Santa's list), books (Mrs. Claus prefers the 'Tis the Season Holiday Cookbook), and music (three guesses as to Rudolph's favorite song), plus a few blogs about life in the North Pole.

To help this nefarious plot along, I herewith provide you the links to:

Santa

Mrs. Claus

The Head Elf

Rudolph