Americans commercialize and groundhog up the ancient Christo-Pagan rite of Candlemas, completely losing sight of its true meaning. (02:33)

Tags:  Groundhog Day,  Punxsutawney Phil,  weather,  costumes,  animals,  snakes,  insects,  history,  religion,  holidays,  Christian,  Jesus,  sexual advances,  songs,  pagan

Ben & Jerry's releases a 2012 election year package that equates the dominance of Americone Dream with that of the Colbert Super PAC. (04:57)

Tags:  Americone Dream,  Colbert Nation,  Colbert Super PAC,  collectibles,  Valentine's Day,  holidays,  Jimmy Fallon,  Ben & Jerry's,  competitions,  challenges,  the heroes,  food,  gross-out,  photos,  facial hair,  kids,  Fear Factor,  Conan O'Brien,  health,  crying,  costumes,  weight/obesity,  charity,  friends,  fights,  audience interaction,  money,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

During a Florida town hall meeting, Rick Santorum fails to correct an elderly woman claiming that Barack Obama is an avowed Muslim and a noncitizen. (03:48)

Tags:  Rick Santorum,  appearances,  left-wing,  Barack Obama,  secret Muslim,  senior citizens,  Thanksgiving,  citizenship,  audience interaction,  holidays,  Nana & Pee-Pop,  slavery,  prostitution,  kids,  security,  bestiality,  animals,  penises,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

While GOP candidates debate their powerlessness to stop negative super PAC ads, the Definitely Not Coordinating with Stephen Colbert Super PAC releases a Herman Cain ad. (08:17)

Tags:  South Carolina,  primaries,  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert 2012,  Jon Stewart,  Herman Cain,  debates,  advertising,  Jimmy,  George Will,  money,  Easter,  holidays,  Christian,  Star Wars,  psychics,  supernatural,  injuries,  Republicans,  candidates,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Newt Gingrich,  Mitt Romney,  accountability,  Trevor Potter,  laws

Jon Stewart's super PAC releases its first ad, Stephen reveals his plans for the South Carolina primary, and Scott Douglas fights to overturn Alabama's anti-immigrant law. (00:37)

Tags:  intro,  Colbert Super PAC,  Jon Stewart,  advertising,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  South Carolina,  campaigns,  primaries,  Scott Douglas,  laws,  immigration,  discrimination,  religion,  Martin Luther King Day,  holidays,  don't see color,  work/office,  ethnic,  nonClipShare

Conservative pundits criticize the Obama White House for throwing an extravagant Halloween party for the children of U.S. troops. (05:06)

Tags:  White House,  partying,  Barack Obama,  troops,  scandals,  Halloween,  holidays,  Steve Doocy,  Rush Limbaugh,  Conan O'Brien,  Johnny Depp,  literary references,  performances,  poetry,  trademark,  media,  conservative,  photos,  Star Wars,  George Lucas,  under the desk,  Christmas,  pagan

Stephen urges Occupy Wall Streeters to accept corporations as people, craps on Jimmy Fallon's Ben & Jerry's flavor and reveals Mitt Romney's safe word. (04:12)

Tags:  exclusives,  mashups,  protests,  sexual advances,  Herman Cain,  songs,  Colbert Super PAC,  sex,  Americone Dream,  Jimmy Fallon,  Ben & Jerry's,  Rick Perry,  debates,  alcohol,  vaginas,  asses,  Newt Gingrich,  scandals,  Chris Matthews,  shopping,  holidays,  religion,  Mitt Romney,  Richard Branson,  fights,  Catholic,  Seth Meyers,  candidates,  business

Rick Perry's family hunting cabin causes racial controversy; Stephen remembers chosing to be a straight, right-handed, Caucasian male; and Occupy Wall Street goes global. (04:13)

Tags:  exclusives,  mashups,  Rick Perry,  African American,  ESPN,  football,  Hank Williams Jr.,  John Lithgow,  Herman Cain,  gay/homosexual,  Occupy Wall Street,  Italy,  Libya,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  advertising,  smoking,  holidays,  Jesus,  Christian,  sports,  NBA,  Toby Keith,  songs,  assassinations,  junk food,  campaigns,  religion,  controversies

Stephen supports the Christmas lifestyle, arrives late to Anderson Cooper's phallus party and announces his South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate. (03:34)

Tags:  exclusives,  mashups,  Herman Cain,  campaigns,  scandals,  holidays,  Rick Perry,  gay/homosexual,  animals,  penises,  Anderson Cooper,  laws,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Donald Trump,  advertising,  National Geographic,  South Carolina Serious Classy Republican Debate,  Santa Claus,  Christmas,  Dick Harpootlian,  business,  civil rights

Department stores stop offering free gift wrapping, Santa lowers kids' expectations, and Arizona families fight the war on Christmas, fully armed. (05:46)

Tags:  Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude,  war on Christmas,  Christmas,  holidays,  Lincoln Chafee,  Raiders of the Lost Ark,  shopping,  gifts & presents,  Santa Claus,  economy,  kids,  money,  crying,  growing up,  bikes,  Sweetness,  under the desk,  guns,  Jesus

TV Hat lets you focus on what matters most by blocking out unnecessary distractions -- like your spouse. (03:14)

Tags:  TV,  demonstrations,  advertising,  technology,  fashion,  iPods,  iPhone,  photos,  Matt Lappin,  kids,  parenting,  marriage,  gifts & presents,  costumes,  Night Court,  hunting,  holidays,  Christmas

Ray Odierno and Stephen pay tribute to the homecoming troops of the Iraq war with an a cappella rendition of "I'll Be Home for Christmas." (01:03)

Tags:  sign off,  Ray Odierno,  performances,  songs,  music,  troops,  Christmas,  holidays,  audience interaction,  Iraq War,  military

Stephen decks The Colbert Report studio with a full Advent's worth of cheer. (02:21)

Tags:  Christmas,  holidays,  Peabody Awards,  Jesus,  religion,  Catholic,  lookin' good,  sexual advances,  songs,  Jimmy,  balls,  Jewish,  birthdays,  Bigfoot

Stephen wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. (00:08)

Tags:  sign off,  Christmas,  holidays

The Catholic Church revises the liturgy, Pope Benedict XVI gets caught riding the Popemobile without a seat belt, and a vodka ad offends Jews and Christians alike. (06:48)

Tags:  Yahweh or No Way,  Catholic,  religion,  Pope Benedict XVI,  popes,  Jesus,  God,  Germany,  driving,  safety,  advertising,  Jewish,  Christian,  discrimination,  controversies,  Heaven,  education,  scandals,  iPhone,  video games,  lookin' good,  photos,  alcohol,  Jimmy,  Christmas,  Hanukkah,  holidays,  James Martin,  basic cable,  Billy Joel,  songs,  dogs

Barack Obama forgets that Jesus was at the first Thanksgiving, Mitt Romney takes Obama's words out of context, and Lululemon endorses Objectivism. (05:44)

Tags:  Tip/Wag,  Barack Obama,  Mitt Romney,  Thanksgiving,  holidays,  religion,  Jesus,  God,  advertising,  Indecision 2012,  Indecision,  candidates,  campaigns,  miracles,  history,  Christian,  Native American,  Ayn Rand,  literary references,  books,  exercise,  fashion,  conservative,  food,  junk food,  John McCain,  hip hop

Stephen sheds some light on Congressional representatives -- those shy, elusive creatures with brief, two-year terms. (03:43)

Tags:  On Topic,  exclusives,  mashups,  Congress,  9/11,  founding fathers,  Constitution,  Democrats,  Senate,  holidays,  Harry Reid,  Republicans,  energy,  oil,  oil spills,  House of Representatives,  debt,  government,  economy,  John Boehner,  Allen West,  Joe Barton,  BP,  Barney Frank,  filibusters,  Tea Party

Stephen chronicles presidential business from Barack Obama killing Bin Laden to Abe Lincoln's half a theater review. (03:12)

Tags:  On Topic,  exclusives,  mashups,  holidays,  founding fathers,  Jimmy,  Abraham Lincoln,  Jimmy Carter,  Bill Clinton,  marijuana,  Ronald Reagan,  gay/homosexual,  George W. Bush,  international affairs,  John McCain,  African American,  Barack Obama,  alcohol,  Obama administration,  Osama bin Laden,  Warren G. Harding,  assassinations,  collectibles,  Helen Thomas,  Sarah Palin

The congressional super committee struggles to formulate a deficit-cutting plan, and Susan Orlean discusses the life of celebrity dog Rin Tin Tin. (00:24)

Tags:  intro,  Congress,  debt,  government,  Susan Orlean,  books,  Rin Tin Tin,  dogs,  animals,  Thanksgiving,  holidays,  weight/obesity

Ron Paul supporters release a pin-up calendar, Allen West defends waterboarding, and Forever 21 discontinues a controversial necklace. (06:02)

Tags:  Tip/Wag,  Ron Paul,  Libertarians,  modeling,  patriotism,  campaigns,  candidates,  Betsy Ross,  Frankenstein,  Dracula,  monsters,  FDA,  debt,  photos,  government,  holidays,  Halloween,  4th of July,  costumes,  lookin' good,  Herman Cain,  Rick Perry,  Barack Obama,  debates,  torture,  waterboarding,  Jimmy,  Allen West,  movies,  Demi Moore,  interrogations,  controversies,  sexism,  Asian,  fashion,  collectibles,  shopping,  racism,  ethnic,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Republicans