# Christmas penguins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-penguins/740923>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-penguins/740923 "2015-12-20T14:40:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-penguins/740923/21 "2015-12-21T21:44:19Z")

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> [@Corner\_Case](#):
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> Penguins at Christmas are not a tradition. A tradition is an exploding penguin ([Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgoRDYZQMrQ&t=2m33s), w/skippable ad). I always put our plush penguin up on the TV during the holidays, until we got a flat screen and he wouldn’t stay perched, oh and until my wife thought it was silly :rolleyes:

My favorite Python short ever. 😃

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**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-penguins/740923/22 "2015-12-21T22:13:33Z")

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> [@Corner\_Case](#):
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> Penguins at Christmas are not a tradition. A tradition is an exploding penguin ([Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgoRDYZQMrQ&t=2m33s), w/skippable ad).

The mention of an exploding penguin reminds me of that yetti game where a bear bats a penguin into a minefield.

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