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GREETINGS TO THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD FROM ME, SANTA CLAUS!! HO
HO HO!
I'm canceling Christmas.
I'm sure that comes as no surprise, but this time, Santa is
serious. Serious as death children. This Jolly Old Elf has had
it. Had it with the Season, with commercialism, had it up to the
tippy top of my balding head with those damn elves, had it years
ago with Mrs. Claus and in particular and most of all, had it
with you. I think I might be able to squeeze one last Christmas
Eve run past the rest of it, but you, my little friends, are the
straw that broke this fat old camel's back. You, the Children of
the world, and most especially of all, David Jenkins of
Piedmont, Ohio. If I hollowed out the entire State of
Pennsylvania it wouldn't give me enough coal for your stocking,
you sick little bastard.
Don't go looking for any last minute, eleventh hour, John Denver
and the Muppets Christmas Special change of heart, either.
Rudolph is not going to pull your chestnuts out of the fire this
time because A.) I'm not canceling due to inclement weather and
B.) He's dead. Bizarre mutations like glowing red noses usually
go hand in glove with a heaping Christmas Helping of Cancer,
which Rudolph had more of than all the residents of the poorly
funded nursing home you socked your old man away in combined,
Wanda Berkowitz, Teaneck New Jersey. You can tell your kids it's
a hotel if you like, but even kids know your better hotels don't
smell like urine, Lysol and mortality.
Santa's old, old as hell and more than a little bitter. The
truth is Santa stopped caring years ago. How often have I hinted
I wanted out? But oh, no, you kept dragging me back in.
Traipsing up to the North Pole in your "Children of many Lands"
ethnic costumes, writing me sad little letters in crayon,
singing for Christ's sake! Well, enough. I'm out. If Herbie can
be a damn dentist, Santa can sure as hell be retired.
And this is not a 'symptom' of Santa's 'bipolar disorder'! Damn
quack doctors have a 'diagnosis' for everything these days and
OH what a COINCIDENCE, for everything a fella does that rocks
the boat there's a MAGIC PILL! Magic, sure, it magically makes
Mountains of Money for Big Pharma! Well, fuck that noise! If
Santa's Doctors are such big geniuses, let them explain how it
is Santa stopped taking his pills months ago and HE IS STILL
FINE!!
Want to talk about manic? How about flying to every house on the
planet in ONE NIGHT?! Because that's what they wanted me to keep
doing. You know what Santa thinks were in those damn yellow
pills Mrs. Claus was constantly pushing down his throat? Crack.
If you can find someone who can wiggle down six Billion Chimneys
in one night without Crack, strap the Red Suit on them, 'cause I
am taking it off.
And if you all don't mind a little tough love, let me just add
you don't deserve me and you haven't for quite some time. Don't
bullshit a bullshitter, I keep the damn list! I know what you
did. Lying, cursing, backstabbing, shoplifting, dope smoking,
venomous little creeps! Okay, okay, a few of you are on the Nice
list, but for every Amanda Cooper of Salt Lake City, Utah, there
are six murderers! That's right, real, actual murderers, and I'm
not even talking about the ones where there's evidence that will
stand up in court! The law will take care of them; I'm talking
about the kids who are getting away with it! And you know why
Amanda Cooper is so damn nice? She LACKS IMAGINATION! I'm sorry
as hell but it's true! The kid is as dumb as Reindeer poo!
I know you're all upset, and I blame myself. It's my fault you
expect a full stocking and presents from me, I'm the single most
codependent person on the planet. How's THAT for a diagnosis?
Are all you fucking Doctors happy now? I never should have
gotten into this racket in the first place, it's Jesus'
birthday, not any of you kids, and he's been dead more than Two
Thousand Years. All the goodie bags and balloons from that party
are long gone.
In conclusion, don't cry, don't pout. You're still going to get
a steaming mound of consumer crap far beyond the dreams of
Avarice because your parents feel guilty about the job they're
doing raising you AS WELL THEY SHOULD. They'll probably mark
some of them as being from Santa. Let 'em. Forging my signature
is very low on my list of indignities. Frankly, being told I
'shake like a bowl full of jelly' bothers me a lot more.
Newsflash! Fat guys know they are fat. I may have been 'shaking'
on the outside, but on the inside? Tears of a Clown, boys and
girls. Tears of a sad, fat, old Christmas Clown.
And you know what? I don't blame myself. I blame you, you
selfish, greedy little sons of bitches. And Jesus wept, Marty
Oglethorpe, if you can't leave it alone, at least stop touching
it with THAT! Show a little self-respect.
Love,
SANTA
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