If any of you have been subjected this holiday season to the world's worst Christmas song "the Christmas Shoes", please do yourselves a favour and listen to Patton Oswalt's hilarious takedown of it here, you won't be sorry (after the jump):

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
Not Another X-mas Sale!
LPM's Great Big Holiday Sale
Friday December 17, 2010 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
Statement:
Christmas sales, holiday blow out prices, so many sales and yet none of them offer anything that you really want! This year, take care of your shopping list early and come on down to La Petite Mort Gallery to buy the hottest gifts you could ever give.
What we have to offer:

• Works from our Private Gallery Collection available up to 50% off!
• Selection of works from our artists at door smashing prices!
• Gift Certificates for those hard to buy people - Come in today and get your stocking stuffers.
• We will also have paper works available from our portfolio’s in the upper gallery -works at unbelievable prices!

Come out and get your shopping groove on, score some Christmas gifts, and help support the arts in Ottawa!

Friday

European Union Christmas Concert
To celebrate the holidays in European style, the Delegation and the Diplomatic Missions of the Member States of the European Union invite you to attend a Christmas Concert. Choirs Calixa Lavallé, Christ Church Cathedral Girls’ Choir and Ottawa Children’s Choir will be singing Christmas carols on Friday, December 10 at 7 pm, at Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica. Doors will open at 6:30 pm. Free entry.Please forward this invitation to friends, family and colleagues. Children are very welcome!

CELEBRATION: SMALL PACKAGES
Annual exhibition of new work by Gallery and guest artists
Vernissage:
Friday December 10, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m.
DALE SMITH GALLERY invites you to  take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle with "Celebration: Small Packages", an annual exhibition of brand new work by Gallery and guest artists. This year’s show features creations by 20 talented artists working in a wide variety of media. The show includes work by artists familiar to regular Gallery-goers, as well as some who are new to the Gallery.