Who would you have write about Christmas?

[flawed_ethics]

I need some help. For a publication I contribute to, every Christmas season I come up with a mock address by some fictional character. They talk about Christmas and what it means to them, usually with a positive spin (even if they have a nasty side to them). In the past I've written as a pimp, The Grinch (in rhyme no less) and Charles Dickens. And I aim to do so this year as well.

My problem is, whom do I write as? Given the current state of affairs, I want nothing to do with the Sept. 11th tragedy. So no Bin Laden, G.W. Bush or the likes. I had contemplated Alan Greenspan ("Buying more gifts for your loved ones not only shows how much you care for them, it's also good for our economy!"), but writing something along those lines without reference to the 9/11 effects would be too difficult or dull.

Suggestions? Someone at work suggested a Point/Counterpoint article, maybe with Jesus and Satan. I've been toying around with the idea of a Mall Santa ("Damn that elf has a hot ass - I'd rail her right now if it weren't for these damn kids."), but nothing else is really jumping to mind.

Comments?

 

[Cheyenne]

Rudolph, the leader of the reindeer?

 

[Guest]

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[flawed_ethics]

Actually, Enchanted, I think your angle is great! Maybe one of those stuffed elves that always gets placed in the weirdest nooks of the house every year. Its point of view of how its watched a family change over the years, how the parents have grown old through times together, the kid growing up, being mesmorized by the blinking tree lights on Christmas Eve, family gatherings, stuff like that. It'd be a great piece if I were to do it correctly. I think everyone will be looking for something warming this time of year.

*Hugs* Thanks to everyone who even gave it a passing thought!

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

O. Henry (the author of "Gift of the Magi").

 

[Mensa]

Too sappy

O. Henry (the author of "Gift of the Magi").

Better one "The Ransom of Red Chief"

 

[Jesus_CHRIST]

_ Turning Her Countenance Else_Wither

Gone to a more whimsical thread.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Too sappy

Did you ever actually read it, or just see the Marie Osmond movie? "The Gift of the Magi" is excellently written.

 

[Mensa]

Did you ever actually read it, or just see the Marie Osmond movie? "The Gift of the Magi" is excellently written.

No, I've actually read it. I think I've read most all of his works. I really like his style.

You are correct, sir, it is indeed excellently written. Alll his works are excelllently written. It's just that you have to be in the right mood to fully appreciate that particular story.

Come on Dix, even you have to admit it is pretty sentimental despite the writing quality.

I prefer Ransom of Red Chief because it is hilarious.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Tell me a Christmas story that isn't sentimental. What are you looking for here? A Very Special Steven King Christmas?

 

[Mensa]

No, not really

Tell me a Christmas story that isn't sentimental. What are you looking for here? A Very Special Steven King Christmas?

More along the lines of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"





















Played backwards!!

 

[Silverlily]

my kind of man

More along the lines of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Played backwards!!

I knew I loved you for a reason.


I've actually seen The Grinch (animated) played backwards. When my oldest was five, she was too impatient to wait for the rewinder. Instead, she would watch the entire movie backwards and start over. God I'm glad she outgrew that, we burned through three VCRs during that phase.

 

[Mensa]

Re: my kind of man

I knew I loved you for a reason.


I've actually seen The Grinch (animated) played backwards. When my oldest was five, she was too impatient to wait for the rewinder. Instead, she would watch the entire movie backwards and start over. God I'm glad she outgrew that, we burned through three VCRs during that phase.

See! And no sappy ending to ruin it.

 

[Silverlily]

Re: Re: my kind of man

See! And no sappy ending to ruin it.

I have to admit, it was pretty cool watching the Grinch's heart shrink rather than expand.