You can hate on “Baby it’s Cold Outside” all you want but my least favorite is “Rudolf.” It’s about an atypical being rejected by his peers until he is deemed a useful commodity by an authority figure and then lauded.
Fuck you, reindeer.
Fuck you, reindeer.
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I like reindeer.
They leave the horrible village, travel through truly great and terrifying adventures and along the way: start finding others like them.
and they redeem and support each other and then they win.
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But the song I find the absolute worst is "Santa, Baby."
The furries have had their way with it.
(Usual end of Rudolph)
“Well Rudolph didn’t xxx, (this part is hard to hear, I hear this through the loudspeakers at work and can’t find this version) I see through your silly games. How can you look me in the face when yesterday you called me names?”
He was better than that.
Someday you’ll sing his praises.
And you’ll sing out with glee….
—Yukon Cornelius
Hermie the Elf is NOT an elf. Look at his ears!
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Then there’s that “dickerydock and hang up your sock” one. Kind of irks me.
I am still traumatized by the jettisoning the bird WHO COULD ONLY SWIM over the side of the sleigh.
I’ve always hated it for that reason.
And I love the pure gladness that is Little Drummer Boy, though I am not religious.
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Grandma drank too
much, forgot to take her meds, Santa hit & run, left her for dead, no one noticed her missing til the next day.
Grandpa doesn't seem fazed at all. The family wonders if they can keep the gifts.
Freaking hysterical story. 🙄
Ha, I said "real Christmas song" as though they aren't all based on bullshit
Good point, and good framing (brainwashing) on their part... I guess. Thanks for pointing that out.
Probably had a decent case to take to HR🎶
also, you're so right about rudolph
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Santa knew it was going on, due to "the list". So I think this was his solution, and it extends now to human children through song.
But yes, the myth of Rudolph is highly problematic.
SNL has a fantastic skit about Rudolph's revenge.
Most kids would love a Charlie in the Box or Spotted Elephant.
The authority decided the different toys wouldn't be accepted has his own issues western society might shun him for.
Projecting much, Mr Claus?
The woman WANTS to stay, yet wants to make it sound like she had “no other choice” because people immediately assumed a woman staying alone with a man would automatically lead to sex/sin. (1)
She and the man she was seeing at the time wanted to have intimate time together without the harsh treatment from others. (2)
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"This is sad, but well animated."
"Wow, these dreams in the fire are beautiful."
"Hold up! did she just fucking die!?"
I started to read it saw right away that the tales are truly "grim".
I never gave it to her.