It can't be the darkest timeline yet if Ashens is still doing the same thing he does every year

I can’t be the only one who expected him to eat the oranges...

The broken fart whistle making that sound was infinitely funnier than any other sound it was supposed to make

"We shall not stand for whoopsies!" - Stuart Ashens, moments before storming the gates of Poundland

The bauble deer's eyes aren't set to the sides like a deer. They're forward set...like a predator's eyes...

Fun fact: the third wise man was indeed, a polar bear bearing a stick of myrrh. He was hoping to bring silver, but "myrrh" was the only thing at the store that he could pronounce, as he was a polar bear.

I was not prepared for the fart whistle. Takes me right back to when I met Antonio Stella Bottom Tile.

Imagine being a poundland cashier just chillin behind the counter when suddenly a smiling middle aged bloke comes up to you with a bunch of christmas tat along with a bloody elf themed eproctophilia kit

I needed that laugh, when the fart whistle hitting high C, priceless.

"Ho ho ho, merry toxins" That made me chuckle.

The farting elves kit is truly representative of 2020 as a whole. Pure chaos.

“Hilarity is yet to ensue” Literally a second later shitting himself from laughter

“It’s like a cross between a kettle and everything bad in the world!” 😂😂😂 This is why I come here

The bauble characters go in a clear bauble (also not coincidentally available at Poundland). It’s a crafting thing. :)

We NEED a whole video dedicated to that Christmas coloring book.

Who else had a moment of 'Stuart *no*' when he was looking at the orange slices.

It oddly doesn’t feel like Christmas, even tho its only 2 days till Christmas Eve idk if anyone else feels this way this year

"Who drew these and why are they allowed to live...FUCKIN' HELL! Look at that! Look at that thing! Thomas the bloody nightmare engine. WOAH! It's like a cross between a kettle and everything bad in the world!" Ashens quote of 2020 right there.

The high pitched squeal coming out of that fart tube instead of anything else was truly, the peak of comedy for this year. Perfect.

The fart whistle Expectation: Whoopee cushion type sound Reality: *_Dying smoke alarm_*

When I saw the dried oranges, I was horrified that Stu was going to eat one.

That’s supposed to be a London taxi, clearly created by someone who has never seen a London taxi before.

"A real Bronx cheer" I have not heard that uttered since the early to mid 80's! Thank you Ashens.

That fuckin' whistle. I'm dying

"It's like a cross between a kettle and everything bad in the world!" Oh man that one got me good. The coloring books are always amazing.

The fact that the moped was the last one in the shop which means people actually BOUGHT them is even more terrifying.

That “whoopsie cushion” reminds me of when Rich Evans on Redlettermedia forgot the name for a whoopee cushion and called it a “fart bag”

"Why is there a police car in here!?" Its crimbo 2020 Stuart... Boris is watching... always watching ...

I was listening to this from another room, and when Stuart said he was going to pull out the jumbo coloring book, i ran right back to my room to watch it out of pure excitement

A lot of the “Santa” depictions in the colouring book look as if they’re ripped from Asterix comics as they bear a striking resemblance to Obelisk (especially that one with a lump strapped to its back)

The artist for that coloring book does a LOT of acid before they design each image. A LOT of acid.

It legitimately doesn't feel like Christmas until I hear that theme tune.

The fact that the fart kit had nothing good to offer the world was very appropriate for 2020

I'm glad Stuart appreciates the "Bronx Cheer" on a traditional Whoopee Cushion. There is something about the old style illustration and explanation on the pink rubber that really makes the item.

I didn't think anything was gonna be funnier than the broken whistle until "FUGGIN'ELL LOOK AT THAT" happened.

"who drew these and why are they allowed to li-" i died lmaooo

Honestly, This is my favorite Christmas Tradition. It gets me more in the festive mood more then any other Christmas special does.

The Jumbo Christmas Coloring Book is almost as infamous as the Necronomicon. It was originally published in the 60s and it shows.

"Thomas the Bloody Nightmare Engine" is going to be my next band name.

I was so incredibly excited when he brought back the coloring book. That was one of my favorite things in his Christmas specials and I'm glad we finally get more of it.

Last time I was this early, Ashens was reviewing the Airphone 4

Some of those colouring book images appear to be 'paying homage' to Obelix from the Asterix series of graphic novels. For example, 16:50, that's a menhir on his back.

Sylvester the souless corpse, I was not ready 😂 that colouring book really is nightmare fuel

"Blow into this, it'll make a rude noise." _(pathetic harmonica-like sound ensues)_

Some people wait all week for Monday night football. Me, an intellectual, waits all year for ashens poundland holiday extravaganza

Ah yes Christmas has arrived in full force now

laughed my arse off on that fart whistle

So this is the ‘fart bag’ Rich Evans was talking about like 5 years ago.

Ashens is the best thing about Christmas

Ah, the Ashens Christmas Special. Always my favorite part about Christmas. Not sure that's a good sign for me, but hey.

"Is that a windup?" I suppose I'd call it that. It's more of a prelude. A warning to my wife and cats of the true horror that is about to be visited upon them. Except the one cat, she's into garbage and doesn't seem to care what comes out of me. Bless her little heart.

"Anything with glitter on" *points towards hellish sparkling flamingo that my 6 year old daughter fell in love with*

"like a cross between a kettle and everything bad in the world!" shit I died.

That angel must be the spirit of a cat. 5 digits on the forelimbs, 4 on the back.

"By the time the credits roll we'll be an hour and thirty-nine minutes closer to this bloody year finally being over." Ashens sure knows how to market his movie in 2020.

"it's sealed up at the end" all of Barry's viewers: you know what you did in your head, don't lie

13:15 "I could swallow if I wanted then. I'd just be really ill rather than dead". Says the guy who almost ended in a coma after eating a bunch of Advent Calendar Cheese.

"[a polar bear ripping you to shreds] would not be a nice ending for any christmas story" if A Christmas Story ended with a polar bear ripping everyone to shreds, that'd be a hell of a better movie

Ashens: Alright, blow into this, it'll make a rude noise. That's got to be easy, surely. Fart whistle: ʷᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ

Good ol Ashens. Even in the darkest times, we can rely on you to warm our cockles. Thanks for another merry Christmas and stay safe! 🇺🇸♥️

The fart whistle is the 'Queen Victoria Bowel Bugle' model.

"It's like a cross between a kettle and everything bad in the world". I cackled.

Awww Ashens...... I will look back at these in years to come and feel a great sense of nostalgia!

Poundland: taking Chinese factorie's excess stock and packaging it as Christmas decorations.

Me: What do you do for a living? The maker: I make long legged foot fetish angels. Me: What? The maker: What?

Christmas themed fart toys? This is how fetishes happen, folks.

0:57 That gives me flashbacks to: "Look at his floppy, broken legs, he'll never walk again" XD

this was a pleasing way to end the year. i mean... the way Jeans Santa walked in.. I just... *chefs kiss*

Here I am, 10pm, watching this man play with farting toys that suck, and when he blows the fart whistle I can't stop laughing. I'm fuckin' 30 years old... Edit: I JUST GOT TO THE FUCKING TRAIN!

"It's a cross between a kettle and everything bad in the world" lmao 16:18

When the whoopie cushion came out, I was immediately reminded of the Edelson's Catalog reading and I was not disappointed when Stuart made the Bronx Cheer reference.

That coloring book looks like something out of a fundamentalist's pamphlet.

this is actually the fist thing to make me feel Christmassy, thanks!

Ashens at 4 in the morning? Guess I'm turning off the alarm...

the surreal whistle making the saddest high-pitch whine i've ever heard has genuinely brought me to tears.

The sad squeak of that fart whistle brings me immense joy

Merry tatmas, one and all 💓

i am 28 years old and definitely laughing at the bag of farts

Ashens is singlehandedly keeping poundland afloat.

Thanks for sticking around and keeping this tradition up, stewart ✌️

Gather 'round Children, it is time to tell the tale of the Christmas Sofa.

The coloring book is giving me LSD flashbacks man

I have literally been binge watching Ashens videos for the past week since I've been self isolating.. I started watching Ashens when I was about 14/15 and completely forgot this channel existed, due to not being on the internet for four years until I saw Stu in a Barry Lewis video and I'm SO GLAD I rediscovered this channel as it just brings absolute, pure, joy.. the internet is so full of crap these days, what with Tik Tok and stupid fake prank videos and egotistical people filming their lives like they are some sort of celebrity, and most KZfaqrs which I used to enjoy, have ended up being sex offenders or abusers and other crazy stuff... Everyone is so offended by everything these days and most KZfaq videos have no humour or rude things or anything near the mark and nothing online is worth watching anymore.. I'm so pleased that this channel still exists and I have been watching with such happiness, these videos have cured by depression and PTSD..

I love how Stuart buys lots of crafting items and knows what they are, then gets confused by the animals to go in Baubles :')

merry christmas, no matter how cancelled it might be. hope the couch is covered in fake snow this year! livestream the eight-hour clean up, there's an idea.

"What is the deal with having a police car for Christmas?" _Die Hard_ ?

On the bit with the oranges to quote Ashens' Poundworld video: "You can't argue with value like that!" 😛

I've been watching these specials for 10 years..... thanks Ashens.

Was the "fart whistle" actually some kind of tube used to inflate the "whoopsee" cushion? Thinking back some 25 years to Christmas parties hosted by my dad's work... They would give out these long balloons that came with a small plastic straw, which you used to inflate the balloon (which were little more than the modelling balloons, just stripey). Once it was filled, you'd let it go and it would fly around the room making farting noises and inevitably end up where the adults were trying to eat their Christmas dinner 😅 Kids being kids, you'd inevitably lose your straw and the balloons were impossible to reinflate without, so you'd have to ask some kid you'd never met before a go of their straw that they had already slobbered all over. Merry Christmas! 😂

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank goodness this is still happening! It truly would have been the end of days without the Ashens Christmas Special...

I can't thank you enough Ashens for continuing to bless us with the horror that is the coloring book.

The darkest timeline is the one without you in it, Stuart. Thank you for the entertainment over the years. *Edit* I hadn't gotten past the intro. Vicar Amelia. Damn. You're really cool, man. "Tat all over the shop. ...what's that smell? The sweet Ashens... Oh, it sings to me. It's enough to make a man sick."

The children’s horrifying colouring book. traumatising children for days to come.

That recurring character with the propeller moustache is a character from Asterix who carries around a giant rock.

"We shall not stand for whoopsees." Thank you sir for fighting for the sacred tradition of the whoopee cushion.

12:04 ah yes, I love when I buy a fart whistle and get a Korg minisynth instead

Not even Boris can mess with the Ashens Christmas Special.

25 now, when I first come on youtube around 2007/2008 you were the first guy I watched with all the popstation guff Just want to say thank you for the one constant in my life, MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL 🎅 🎄 ❤

"We shall not stand for whoopsees" is about where I had to pause until i stopped laughing