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Santa drives a BMW?

We'd like to take a moment to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas from the team at Autoblog! We hope that your Yuletide is filled with surprise and delight, loved ones and friends, food and drink and safe travels wherever you're going. (A fun car on a twisty road to Grandma's house wouldn't go amiss, either.)

And now, for some completely gratuitous winter-weather fun, take a leisurely browse through our seasonally correct gallery of cars dashing through the snow. (A hearty thanks to our photographer friends at the automakers of the world, who make snowy shots like this a fun reality.)

Happy Holidays from Autoblog! originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GM robots gift wrapping presents for the holidays - video screencap

It isn't that uncommon for people to pick up second jobs during the holidays to help relieve some of the financial stress, but apparently our automaton friends feel the fiscal pinch this time of year, too. A handful of General Motors assembly line robots are picking up some extra shifts at Santa's workshop this year wrapping presents.

In addition to stuffing and wrapping boxes, the robots' duties also include spot welding labels onto the gifts (who even knew that was possible?). The work looks boring and monotonous, but at least these GM robots were able to find a second job.

Watch the elves and robots team up to get presents wrapped in the video below, so Santa can deliver them to children in his fancy sleigh: a 45th Anniversary Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible.

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1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 by Fitz and Van

Like so many of you, we're spending the holidays with family and friends. Regardless, we've got a few posts scheduled for you the rest of today and tomorrow; the normal daily grind resumes on Tuesday. You'll be hard-pressed to find two better links to peruse and read in your downtime today, however, then the ones we're about to show you.

The most fun thing about the annual "Happy Holidays" post is finding a suitable lead image for it. Many readers will doubtless recognize the wintry scene above, depicting a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400, as the work of Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman. The two (Mr. Kaufman painted the scenery and people, Mr. Fitzpatrick the cars) are best known for their Pontiac works - so excellent that for years, per John Delorean's orders, they were the only images authorized for use in Pontiac advertising (no photos allowed) - but their decades-long collaboration also produced images for other brands as well. Fitz and Van started collaborating in the 1950s on Mercury, then moved to General Motors to work on Buick, which led to the iconic Pontiac run, as well as similar works for Opel during Bob Lutz's tenure there in the 1970s. We remember reading somewhere that Lutz has one of the Fitz and Van originals for Opel hanging in his home.

Your mission today, between good times and great meals with friends and family, is to check out the page on Fitz & Van at PontiacsOnline.com, where you can scroll through most of the 285 works the pair created for the late, lamented performance division. From there, head to Art Fitzpatrick's homepage, for an excellent bio and more work examples, some that you'll recognize from recent years. We promise you'll be engrossed.

All of us at Autoblog wish you a happy and healthy holiday, whether you're celebrating a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Festivus (for the rest of us), or just sitting at home and enjoying some well-deserved down time. Have a wonderful holiday - and as always, please drive safely while you make the rounds today.

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Hood Wreath

It's the holiday season once again, and we here at Autoblog send our best wishes to all of you during this especially festive time of year. Like you, we'll be spending plenty of quality time with our family and friends, but never fear, we've got a whole weekend's worth of content lined up before we're back in full force on Monday.

In the meantime, be sure to scroll through our Car Gifts for Christmas holiday gift guide. Not only do these items - large and small - make great gifts for the season of giving, they'll still be available well into the new year just in case you have some extra holiday cash left over. Read all three parts of our gift guide here, here and here.

From all of us at Autoblog, have a very happy holiday!

[Image: chargrillkiller via Flickr]

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1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible custom Lego by Lino M.
Custom Lego 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible by Lino M. Click here to see additional shots.

All of us here at Autoblog would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas. We hope that Santa treated everybody well, and that you all have a great day catching up with family and friends. Have fun and drive safe.

If you're bored during your travels, we highly recommend you fire up your smartphones and check out additional shots of the latest masterpiece from Lego mastermind Lino M. - the '66 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible shown above. As you can see, Santa and his Russian mail-order bride, Natasha, roll in style. (We wonder what Mrs. Claus thinks.) Check out the full set of photos of this killer custom Lego build at Lino M.'s Flickr stream.

[Image: Lino M./Flickr]

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We know a lot of you are probably busy spending time with friends and family, and so are we. We just wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. Be safe in your travels today and above all, enjoy yourselves. Hopefully, Santa left one of these bad boys in your garage with a big red bow on it. Or does that only happen in TV commercials?

Those of you who do stop in throughout the day will find that yes, we have some posts scheduled for you, too!

Go have some fun, and again, Merry Christmas from all of us here at Autoblog.

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