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Creative Rebellion Against
Christmas Commercialism By James Donahue Dec. 15, 2005 Ever since Aaron
C. Donahue suggested it on his radio show, the concept of killing Santa as a public form of rebellion against the ugly
commercialism of Xmas has been making headlines and even breaking into the national television media. The first vision was
that of a hanging Santa, with a blindfold and his hands tied, in a tree in A Another Santa is depicted
with knives buried in both eyes and blood draining down his face And this week we found
the lighted image of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer hanging by the neck from a tree, with blood dripping from the animal’s
dead body. Rudolph is hung as a hunter hangs his prey following a kill. He is being field dressed for the butcher’s
block. All of this is great
fodder for the media, and horrifying for the zombies that fail to get the joke. For the rest of us, the
images are keeping us in stitches. It has been a merrier than usual holiday this year for this reason alone. The other good
thing has been the battle among retailers on just what to wish customers that enter their stores. Do they say Merry Xmas,
or Happy Holiday? Why not just say Hi?
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