The Mike Abundo Effect

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I’m celebrating the sanitized Saturnalia you call Christmas in the game world of Guild Wars, where we call it something more straightforward: Wintersday.

This Christmas, forget the fairy tales about Santa Claus and Baby Jesus. Saint Nicholas of Myra is long dead, and the philosopher Jesus of Nazareth was born in September. Celebrate this Holiday Season for what it has always been since the days when winter gave people an excuse to break free from the daily grind of working in the fields, long before the Christian church and big business bastardized and exploited it: a time to cast off the yoke of social norms, a time to go wild.

In other words, it’s time to play.

Linus tells us what Christmas is really all about in this alternate ending to A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Once upon a time, when we were babies, our parents made a conscious decision to deceive us. They created a bunch of fairy tales, like Santa Claus and Baby Jesus, to give us kids false hope, and to comfort themselves as they approach death. But Santa isn’t real. Jesus isn’t real. Heaven doesn’t exist… Christmas isn’t about giving love, or the birth of a savior. It’s about moving merchandise and false sentiment.

Welcome to Christmas in the age of the mashup. More redubbed Christmas specials here, featuring new takes on such beloved Christmas icons as Rudolph and Frosty. Prepare to have your precious childhood memories desecrated.