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Deconstructionist Christmas challenge!
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bitterlawngnome: "[T]ake the standard lyrics and develop an interpretation of them that proves they are satanic in nature."
I was going to apply this to "Winter Wonderland", which I think is ripe territory (not only to the construct a homunculus in a dreadful parody of the sacred creation of Adam, but they declare him a priest serving their evil chthonic deity!), but I got all distracted when I searched for lyrics and found a version with the line:
bitterlawngnome: "[T]ake the standard lyrics and develop an interpretation of them that proves they are satanic in nature."I was going to apply this to "Winter Wonderland", which I think is ripe territory (not only to the construct a homunculus in a dreadful parody of the sacred creation of Adam, but they declare him a priest serving their evil chthonic deity!), but I got all distracted when I searched for lyrics and found a version with the line:
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman until the alligators knock him downAlligators??? WTFF? Is this a bowdlerisation on the part of those who don't want to remind young carolers that there are mean kids who like to mess up your stuff? I can't imagine that the original lyrics were that bizarre.