It's not Christmas without an Ashens Christmas special!

@CricketEngland

6 ай бұрын

Christmas started with the Ashens Advent videos

@RS250Squid

6 ай бұрын

I and my Reliable Reindeer agree. You need both.

@OfficialDaveChannel

6 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@Boogie_the_cat

6 ай бұрын

So, during 1990-1999 you didn't have a Christmas? No presents, just said "fvck it, no ashens, no Xmas"?

@RS250Squid

6 ай бұрын

@@Boogie_the_cat that's exactly what I did. In the 80s I used to watch Ashens on RadTube (an 80s version of KZread).

Nice duck plug.

i unironically love that rubber duck, he just looks so happy about being a tree.

@sventobergte845

6 ай бұрын

send it too Wade! (DankPods) MY DUCK!!

@bewilderbeestie

6 ай бұрын

He looks more like he's cosplaying as a gimp suited car shock absorber.

@captainrigby7473

6 ай бұрын

I love this duck too! It so silly and cheerful

@ultimatedarkrai255

6 ай бұрын

He is overjoyed to be a tree and so would i

@danniparker6457

6 ай бұрын

I have all of them, now my kids are roasting me for bombing Christmas so hard my decs have ended up in an Ashens video, I may never recover 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

This is certainly a lot less depressing than this year's Advent Calendars with Dan...

@KatyLawson

6 ай бұрын

I don't watch that series, what's happened with the calendar this year?

@teqrevisited

6 ай бұрын

To be fair it hasn't affected him as much as it probably should have done. Every time anyone asks how he is he always says "Good."

@blunderingfool

6 ай бұрын

​@@teqrevisitedSo not as bad as the cheese then?

@Virginiafox21

6 ай бұрын

@@KatyLawsonthere’s 5 calendars. They both picked 2 to compete and both of Dan’s are absolute crap lol.

@BaBaBaBenny

6 ай бұрын

@@KatyLawson I'm also not watching it, but from a very cursory glance at the comments on those videos it looks like Dan's calendars are so shit that Ashens is winning basically every episode.

I cannot stress this enough. Somebody. Got. *Paid.* To. Draw. That. Book.

@samholdsworth420

2 ай бұрын

Some people get paid to shove things up their butt

@ashs_insights

2 ай бұрын

Nah, most likely some year 4 art teacher using their students drawings. They ain't going to pay someone, use your head haha

@samholdsworth420

2 ай бұрын

@@ashs_insights people get paid for this... Regardless of who drew it someone got paid

At least that rubber duck has a flared base for safety.

@SarafinaSummers

5 ай бұрын

Well, at least a&e staff will have something to grab onto when they're pulling it out of your arse, I suppose. /l

The Christmas colouring book will always be the cherry on top of these videos

@na-tv6rn

6 ай бұрын

There's no way that wasn't created by an AI image bot.

@Sommersolstice

6 ай бұрын

I'm one hundred percent sure only a deranged maniac made those. I can attest I had several of those when I was a toddler and it's been ingrained into the back of my mind for years, plus I was born in '05 and I don't think AIs were that smart to make uncanny valley children's book at '09-10 (probably). The reality of this means some real ass person created these with their own two hands is more horrifying to comprehend rather than a souless AI

@ToiletGrenade

6 ай бұрын

@@Sommersolstice I can agree with that

@Aetharn

4 ай бұрын

​@@Sommersolsticeyeah, I'm from 2001, and my grandparents had one of these books in 2004. I'm pretty sure it wasn't made by AI. Pretty sure there was also non christmas ones, and ones for easter that were just as "well drawn"

I swear the colouring book gets more demented with each passing year.

@Colt45hatchback

6 ай бұрын

The same guy probably draws them every year, hating life more and more as time goes on, eating a bigger bag of mushrooms or other substance before he gets to work to make his pointless sad existence slightly tollerable

@nopenope7088

14 күн бұрын

@@Colt45hatchbackJesus Christ

@Colt45hatchback

14 күн бұрын

@@nopenope7088 😂

My fondest wish is to meet the artist of that colouring book and shake their hand.

@tncorgi92

6 ай бұрын

Ask them where they get their mushrooms

"Some people love it, some people hate it." Understandable, Stuart. Not everyone wants a festive ducky buttplug. Although, God only knows why..

Came for the tat stayed for the colouring book 😂

@HarryDuBois616

6 ай бұрын

I also came

I could literally watch you go through every page of that colouring book. I laughed harder than was wise.

His interpretation of that rubber duck was much more innocent then mine 😂

I love the fact that, at 9:00, the tree and the gonks make a shape of a rat head facing left with a giant Mohawk. True Christmas magic.

@larrymantic2635

6 ай бұрын

Elvis Rat

@dumbbirdwayne

6 ай бұрын

Our lord and saviour, Christmas rat

@jubuttib

6 ай бұрын

More a pompadour, maybe? But that is indeed uncanny. =)

my mother has collected these ducks for years and she lays them out all over the bathroom, think she has like 8 now

@natdmc85

6 ай бұрын

👍My Grandmother did the same,had like 20 in various places all over the bathroom 👌 🦆

@awmperry

6 ай бұрын

I think she would enjoy looking up the work of one James Veitch, noted scholar of rubber ducks…

@OptimusSledge

6 ай бұрын

Is she... OK? Have you had her seen by a doctor? Maybe a psychiatrist?

The office supplies as the "gift" in the Christmas Crackers genuinely had me choking laughing

@favoritemustard3542

6 ай бұрын

Surely those were marketed as office-specific crackers!? Although it was weird that there was also a heart charm in the mix ~ workplace romance, woo woo lol

@DaxianPreston

6 ай бұрын

Really WHF? They must have thaught that they would be purchased for office Christmas parties.

@FIXTREME

6 ай бұрын

I expected a WORLDS BEST BOSS mug and a stapler in gelatin inside the crackers

The colouring book could be an episode in its self, I'd love to see the terror on every page. Duck looks like a sex toy......apparently. 👀

@Chaos89P

6 ай бұрын

It looks more like a dump to me, but I think I've been playing those newer Zelda games too long.

@favoritemustard3542

6 ай бұрын

Quite the oversized duck plug, be careful this Christmas!

@Lordborak316

6 ай бұрын

@@favoritemustard3542 😆

@dumbbirdwayne

6 ай бұрын

I love the colouring book part, it’s the best lmao, always remember those cheap pound/bargain shop books with that distinctly crap paper that repelled every colouring device you used on it, crayons NEVER stuck to it, and if they did they looked terrible, also they always had the weirdest pictures, as demonstrated in these episodes 😂 good old fashioned cheap British colouring books, man, never change

I don't know why, but in my experience tennis balls marketed for dogs tend to last about 2 play sessions before they've been turned into a dangerous mess of felt and rubber, whilst actual tennis balls last for years. Maybe that's the Grinch part - they choke your dog to death?

@OptimusSledge

6 ай бұрын

That'll be why actual tennis balls are more expensive.

@MrWolfSnack

6 ай бұрын

Tennis courts are hard to find anymore but I had one near me years and years ago. I would just ask random people playing if they had a couple of worn out tennis balls in their bucket for my dog and they would give a few over. Tennis balls wear out fast, which is why there are so many in a tube when you buy them. Once the elasticity wears off the balls don't bounce right anymore and they become junk for practice. @@OptimusSledge

@22kaybee22

5 ай бұрын

It's also green, dogs might be able to see it in the snow but not in the grass

Oh man the gruesome descriptions like Santa with a shotgun wound and the reindeer being a burnt skeleton just make me cry from laughter

The coloring books have really been gems these past couple specials. Someone needs to make sure these horrors are available forever on the internet for sure. xD

Laughing so hard at getting a singular binder clip for a present out of a giant cracker 😂😂😂😂😂

@markiangooley

6 ай бұрын

Frankly, it’s a better and certainly a more useful thing than usual.

@22kaybee22

5 ай бұрын

I recently moved and I don't know how many of those I threw out while going through paperwork

The annual Christmas special I look forward to more than Christmas specials every year

@allaboutthetoys5702

6 ай бұрын

Has anybody ever seen the episode with Mr. Bean with one of those crackers in Christmas and he puts in other explosive powder in. That reminds me of that big cracker. Boom.😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉

I forget how much I want the yearly look at the colouring book until it finally arrives. We need a supercut of all the previous iterations.

I love the colouring book of Lovecraftian eldritch abominations for the Solstice.

my favourite part about the christmas tree duck is that if you put it in the bath its just gonna go upside down

If only the rubber ducky had some flashing leds it would be perfect.

@DarthPerkins

6 ай бұрын

Perhaps Stuart can give the duck and Christmas tree to Big Clive.

@CravingBeer

6 ай бұрын

@@DarthPerkins One moment please...

@LeviathanRX

6 ай бұрын

I saw a light up Christmas tree Gonk at the store this year

oh man we really need an extraashens video of more of that coloring book

That reindeer tealight is so bad it makes the reliable reindeer look like a work of art.

The Ducksmass Tree is the absolute top of the top in my humble opinion :D

@TommyDeonauthsArchives

6 ай бұрын

Especially when you put it on the floor and then squat over it.

@lifeisraph

6 ай бұрын

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives Best kind of toy :D :D

@georgeyreynolds

6 ай бұрын

Does make me wonder if either Poundland buying team have a wicked sense of humour, or their factory is having a laugh or both. Either way I don't believe someone at Poundland hadn't mentioned it before it made it to the shops...

The tree lights at 2:03 were so damn anticlimactic and not at all what I was expecting 💀

My favorite part of these holiday videos has to be the coloring book reviews 😆

Yes, the duck looks like a tree. That's exactly what it looks like. Nothing else.

@user-os7ec4dm8x

6 ай бұрын

It only looks like something else if you're depraved and spend all day online and never have sex.

@paulharries9558

6 ай бұрын

It's ribbed for your pleasure. That means you'll enjoy it more, clearly.😎

@meaganlongley618

6 ай бұрын

Duckplug

Imagine the horror if Gonks got their hands on Grass masks. All hell would break loose.

Thank you as always for jingling our bells

@mattalan6618

6 ай бұрын

stop saying weird gay shit

@Scarlet_Soul

6 ай бұрын

@@mattalan6618 Jingle Jingle

@northernranger7730

6 ай бұрын

@@mattalan6618no u

My favorite Christmas tradition has to be the coloring book. I wait for it every year

Rudolph isn't crying, his eyes are watering from being stuck to the front of a ball as it travels at Mach 3. Ceramic Santa has sustained multiple stellate wounds from having the barrel of the gun pressed against him when discharged. Are any of us surprised that someone whose job consists of gluing tiny clogs onto trolls doesn;t actually give a 💩about their job?

That coloring book never fails to bring me utter joy

I’m not sure why I laughed so hard at Gandalf the Beige 😂😂

0:00: Intro 0:26: Christmas tree rubber ducky 1:50: Fiber optic light-up Christmas tree 3:04: Light-up Rudolph snowball 4:00: Another dead Santa tea light holder 4:49: Another Elf on the Shelf lollipop 6:25: Grinch tennis balls 7:37: Gonk ornaments 9:19: Stick figure reindeer tea light holder 10:07: Christmas crackers 16:13: Weird Christmas coloring book 19:36: Outro

When the coloring book came out, man, I hadn't laughed that hard in a while. P.S. Where I work, we use plastic paper clips for MRI safety questionnaires!

I’m so glad the Christmas colouring book is back, it wouldn’t be Christmas without some freakish drawings 😂

I really, really want to buy one of those coloring books. That is clearly an elf leg in the lion cage, that is definitely a boot on the left of the bone. And I'm pretty sure Santa took off more than his shirt in the previous picture. That "pocket" is either a weird tattoo, a parasite, a birthmark, or an old war wound. And how the hell does the elf's leg bend that way at 19:17. I need more of that in my life.

Valentine's,Easter, Halloween and Christmas isn't the same without ashens

The Elf lollypop looks terrifying. He would fit right in in one of the Puppet Master movies. Puppet Master 10 Murder Elfs 😅

My Christmas tradition is always watching the Ashens Christmas Special ❤ 🎄

The sentient Santa sack and the drugged up fish are quite easily the funniest things I’ve seen for months. Thanks! Merry Fishmas

The metal puzzles are haunting you Ashens, at least it doesn't keep meaning you tie everyday.

The Dollar Tree near me has been closed for well over a month for absolutely no reason at all - so I need Ashens pound shop tat to keep me alive.

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365

6 ай бұрын

What IS going on with Dollar Tree? Mine is weirder every time we go in. The craft aisle is HUGE now, which is the only good thing. No other shops in town 😢

@MrWolfSnack

6 ай бұрын

No idea. Mine is really a dump. Last couple times I went in they had a rat problem, and a lot of the food was expired. I had gotten some yogurt before and got sick from it, turned out it was 7 months expired. Due to strict US food regulations and import tariffs, Dollar Tree stuff is a lot more "filtered" than stuff from UK pound shops. That's a lot less weird and goofy things and more of just overstock from other retailers sold at discounts. I have found lots of movies and books with Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and Target tags still on them.@@athenathegreatandpowerful6365

It sure ain't Christmas until the Ashens Christmas Special is up!

@MathewHaswell

6 ай бұрын

RRY CH!

The duck looks like a Philadelphia Experiment style accident happened between a duck and a festive poo.

But Stuart! Are you being a reliable reindeer this Christmas?

Why are Christmas Trees rubbish at sewing? Because they keep dropping their needles.

This genuinely makes my Christmas special - thank you for the cheer - we bloody need it 👏😊

I actually have the duckmas tree on my Christmas tree. The poundland i went to had them all with misprinted eyes and dents in the head or just melten / mis shapen heads so i got the derpiest one

Man these always get in me in a festive mood.

@Babsza

6 ай бұрын

Ànd me in stitches ! 🤣🤣🤣

I haven't watched an ashens video in years after watching constantly years ago then just drifting into other topics, and wow these videos are still exactly as excellent as they always have been! How comforting.

I laughed so hard at the Christmas kidney! 😂 plus the dog, the diving Santa and the giant dino giraffe!

"Sick On A Rubber Duck" was my favourite 90s british punk band

9:45 Reindeer in a gimp suit? 19:00 That's a safety railing for climbing the giraffe...

proof ashens is a cat is at 2:20 he breaks a christmas tree and starts purring because of it! edit: bonus for those of us who like to get down with the sickness every now and then - 3:27

I LOVE NORWICH

@svenvaltik5657

6 ай бұрын

It's Nawridge.

Awesome, so glad these are still going on!

Gandalf Grey and his Backwards Legs? Sounds like they could have been a band my dad heard when he went to Eel Pie Island back in 1963

It's like they took all the bits and pieces, covered them with glue. then threw it all in a sack to see what stuck together.

Fibre optic tree with the cunning design feature of a base so opaque you'll probably never see if the other lighty up bits are actually working

Yessssss been waiting for this thankyou soooo much lovely Stuart!!! Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

We need a whole christmas colouring book special! Those are gold mines of wierd!

I think we've had that santa tealight and fiberoptic tree before. We've delved so deep that stu is just buying the same tat over and over 😂

I fkn love that this channel just has not changed in any way

WooOOOO

Ashen I may not watch every video of yours but when the algorithm is dry, I can always count on you to make critiquing random/seasonal tat enjoyable. Thank you Mr. Ashens

It finally feels like christmas

The Easter tat is building up in my local One Below. 🐣 I hope you’re stockpiling it

That little jingle at the beginning puts me in the holiday mood 🎉

Having grown up with a fiberoptic lamp and spending the years picking bits of the glass lines out of my feet, watching you squeeze and crush the tree had me cringing in distress.

Gonks have made it to America. This year was the first I had seen them.

ITS FINALLY FUCKING CHRISTMAS

*Stuart Ashen is my Christmas.*

I look forward to this every year 🎄

The bend in the fiber optic tree is really taking me out 🤣🤣

You should have called it a Duck Plug.

In the 90's, there was some awesome fiber optic lamps and toys. What ever happened to that?

Firmly in the pro-tree-duck camp.

19:03 That's not a giraffe, that's the ogopogo.

I’m alone for Christmas this year, away from family for work. It’s always nice to see a wholesome video from Ashens pop up on my feed.

@tncorgi92

6 ай бұрын

When I get bored I go back and revisit the previous years' specials.

I actually do love the green poop duck tree. 💩🦆🎄

@tncorgi92

6 ай бұрын

The duck is far too cheerful for someone who's been covered in waste.

Thank you Mr. Ashens, every year you make my Christmas brighter with these bloody videos.

Oh my gosh the tree lol

‘Super fibre-optic mega Christmas’ is the best collection of words i’ve head since ‘blast off to adventure in the amazing year 400 billion’

Genuinely love the rubber duck he's so conical

Praise be to St. Spudsmas, the Christmas Potato!

Santa kidney got the Tims 🔥

Happy Holidays! Thanks for your awesome videos this year Ashens!

11:58 / 13:02 “silence” tumble weed rolls across the screen

Whenever I want to simulate a proper snowfall, I just tip my unwashed head to the side, start scratching, and shout that it's snowing. Anyway, Merry Christmas, everyone.

A metal puzzle for Dan. YAY. (I've heard he likes them)

This is my favourite part of Christmas, thanks Ashens.

For some reason, I just remembered this channel exists. Glad to see Ashens is still going - I started watching when i was a young child, and I'm now preparing to start my PhD. How time flies!

I always forget about the holiday specials until they show up in my subscriptions I love ashens 🤤

Don't forget to be generous this season, give Slepp your bones!