Showing posts with label Tom Lehrer. Show all posts
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Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas

December 24, 2011

By Christopher Hitchens

Ever since Tom Lehrer recorded his imperishable anti-Christmas ditty all those years ago, the small but growing minority who view the end of December with existential dread has had a seasonal "carol" all of its own:


Christmas time is here by golly: disapproval would be folly. Deck the halls with hunks of holly, fill the cup and don't say when. Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens, mix the punch, drag out the Dickens. Even though the prospect sickens—brother, here we go again.

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Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Carol" by Christopher

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