Check out Bad Religion performing ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ live onConan O'Briento get you Maniacs in the Christmas spirit!

This time every year it amazes me how much effort (and cash) people put into putting their Christmas light displays up and if you haven't seen online what SlayerBob does,

First, the metal community brought us Christmas sweaters for the festive season. Now, DOWN have released a smoking Jesus Christmas ornament - perfect for any metal head’s Christmas tree! Not the cheapest decoration at $12.99 but if you’re keen, head over to the bands online store

Bad Religion are making all the right moves in making Christmas less and less painful, today launching the Bad Religion Advent Calendar!

The band will be giving away “presents” every day between now and Christmas. You’ll see the first gift is a festive video starring our dear friends TheMormon Tabernacle Choir.

With under a month to go until Christmas, whether you’re into it or not, the festive season is unavoidable. Now not only are work Christmas parties (or ‘holiday’ parties if your workplace is politically correct) the most desirable part of the season, but with bands starting to design their own festive sweaters, there is something else to get excited about! Although we do get to enjoy a Summer Christmas season in Australia, with the unpredictability of the weather I’m sure it’s pretty safe to say that the purchase of any of these beauties wouldn’t be a waste of money.

It’s almost an appropriate time of the year to get involved in the festive season, and Bad Religion have given us Maniacs the least-cheesy way to get involved in some Christmas action with their album Christmas Songs. If you don’t know much about the release, check out this interview that Diffuser.fm had with founding songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz.

The festive season is just around the corner (great..) butBad Religionhave spiced things up this Christmas, releasing ’Christmas Songs’ this coming Friday. If you can’t wait to get into the Christmas spirit though, the record is available for streaming in its entirety (see below)!

Although not be particularly useful for the Australian x-mas, you should definitely think about rocking one of these during Winter!

See the Slayer Christmas Jumper over at Backstreet Merch.