Yes, Christmastime is here. Happiness and cheer. Unless, that is, you're scrambling for good imagery for worship.

Consider our free Bethlehem Star tutorial where you can use our step-by-step guide and source images to make your own beautiful Christmas star.

Or if you'd rather just get it already made, and in moving background form too, we understand: Bethlehem Star Loop and Stills

We also have many more popular Christmas themed loops and still image sets available.

Keep coming to our site, because we've got some new ones still gestating.

Get a jump on your 2008 budget needs with Midnight Oil PLUS. For only $29, this annual program offers lots of free media, 10% store discounts, $20 off software and seminar registrations, and much more.

Or, if you have the budget for it, consider PLUS LIFE, where you pay a one-time charge to get all future Midnight Oil media free as it is released.

The fourth of our ongoing series of online lectures on keys to communicating visually is now online.

These lectures have been written for a seminary course we're teaching and are ideal for educational environments, church committee meetings, and much more. You can view them online free and download the lecture images to use in your own setting for a small charge.

As evident in shopping malls, grocery stores and retail outlets, Christmas is almost upon us. And while the mercury may be falling, elaborate annual displays can both trigger warm Christmas memories and cause us concern about losing the meaning of the holiday.

Even if Christmas becomes more commercial, the true meaning of this blessed holiday has the power to transform; if only we can cut through the typical trappings of the season. This month's free graphic invites viewers to Rediscover Christmas.

Take Rediscover Christmas to a whole 'nother level with matching videos, print items, and graphic sets with our complete campaign resource.

Download our Rediscover Christmas graphics here

If you like our still image sets, check out the entire Rediscover Christmas campaign.

This is for the at least 11 people who wonder what happens behind the scenes at Midnight Oil.

We are firm believers in child labor. Especially when the childen like it. Getting motivated employees around our parts doesn't even require treat bribery. For some reason all three shipping department employees, who happen to share the same last name, actually enjoy dropping your packages off at the postal center. See picture, right.

Take pride in knowing that every time you pay for "shipping and handling" on a Midnight Oil product, it is probably being handled by one of the many small kids that for some reason hang around our offices a lot.