Santa Beatboxed, Christmas Pickled, Agency Gratified

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– Santa gets his Christmas beatbox on in Bring the Toyz.

– The folks at Firehouse bring us The Christmas Pickle.

– Mobile answer service Cha Cha is happy it’s market share has grown from seven percent to 28 percent in 90 days.

HandPickedAds lets “search, view and rate the most gorgeous advertising photos … discovered in some of the most respected magazines in the world.”

– How about some common sense when it comes to the client/agency relationship?

– Oh look! It’s Digg for the ad world!

– The FWA has opened its public vote for the 2008 People’s Choice Award.

– “For festive fun, just click the image, select your gender, upload a mugshot and tweak the results using the magic dials.” (Sorry, just way too tedious to check out every single holiday card)

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