Lazy Self-Indulgent Book Reviews

Sigh. I mean, poor move on the teacher’s part, but you can’t expect the entire world to participate in your weirdly sacrosanct largely-invented-by-Coca-Cola-in-the-1930s fable forever.

I definitely think we gloss over the impact on poor kids who show up after Xmas to see the rich kids playing with their Wiis. Santa hearts the offspring of the 1% more, children!

But, shit, I freaking loved Santa, so what do you do?

I enjoyed the contribution of a working-class black woman on a comment thread, who said she had no intention of busting her ass to buy presents for her kids, only to give the credit to a made-up fat white man.

The patriarchy is everywhere!