People have been singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” since the sixteenth century and, understandably, Figgy Pudding is really damned sick of hearing it.
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names.
And most of them were later tried and convicted on 2nd degree murder and hate crime charges as well.
[ ED. NOTE: I made the mistake of letting Angela pick out the LRT Christmas tree this year, and she chose a feisty one. The tree wants me to beat him in a clean fight before he lets me take him back to the office. This will not end well. ]
[ ED. NOTE: Oh sure, I had to take the thing down, while Dara the Intern and Angela got the easy job of stringing it up with lights and tinsel.
Still, it’s a damn sparkly tree. Or maybe that’s just the vicodin and Drambuie kicking in. ]
FACT: the original lyrics to Frosty the Snowman described him as “a nasty, hateful dick”. They were later changed to “a jolly, happy soul” so that the 1969 Rankin-Bass TV special could get past the censors.