Reviews for Politically correct holiday stories

The average rating for Politically correct holiday stories based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-16 00:00:00 Ivan Velasco One winter day, their frustrated caregiver sent them outside to play. A layer of fresh snow had fallen the previous night, the first of the season, and the world outside looked as heavily frosted as a matrimonial enslavement cake. As everything around them glistened, Bobby and Betty tried to agree on what games to play. Should they make a snow fort? Too militaristic, said Betty. How about snow angels? No, commented Bobby, they had been raised agnostic. Besides, such a public display of religious figures might make others uncomfortable.* Ah, political correctness . . sucking the joy out of the holidays for decades now. In an attempt to please (and include) everyone, we've somehow declared a War on Christmas. Store clerks quiver, trying to find parting words that will NOT set off a customer. Party hosts shiver, wondering if offering eggnog to the lactose intolerant will cause a scene. The best thing to do would be to turn off all lights and hide under the covers until January 2nd, but since that's not an option for most of us, feel free to use Garner's book as a guide to not offending ANYONE, other than Fox News(?) watchers, who will surely take offense at, well, everything. Here are the proper versions of moldy holiday chestnuts like The Nutcracker and a certain antlered critter, who shall henceforth be known as Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer. The highlight of this brief book is undoubtedly the updated version of A Christmas Carol in which Scrooge undergoes Intercessory Therapeutics. Here, the Spiritual Facilitator of Christmas Retrospective takes the old weasel for a visit to his past: A horde of people in gaudy and disheveled clothing surged and careened around them, while disco music pulsed loudly and incessantly. In this elegant, crowded hotel ballroom, the holiday cheer spilled as much from the hearts of the celebrants as out of the numerous glasses held aloft. "And where are we now?" the Spirit asked as he shoved the mike in Scrooge's face. Scrooge yelled over the din, "My gosh! This is one of the office parties that old Fezziwig used to throw, before the feds got him. It's good to see it all again -- it was so hard to remember the morning after." Later Scrooge forgets himself and tries to join in the "Soul Train" line. Not all of the tales are winners, but this could be a pretty fun addition to whatever sort of traditional or non-denominational celebration you may be participating in this year. Or, in the words of a certain "reindeer enslaver and exploiter of elves" - "Happy Christmas to all, but get over yourselves!"** *from Frosty the Persun of Snow **from T'was the Night Before Solstice

Review # 2 was written on 2014-12-01 00:00:00 Uthaiphun Charuwattanakitti [The entire adventure backfires, though, and Scrooge plans to get revenge on everybody for how they really feel about his misunderstood self when he gets back to reality, but it turns out he was given the wrong treatment for his reclamation, as is explained to him by the Supervisory Spirit of Intercessory Therapeutics when she visits him with the official apology from their office. There was a mix up, and his therapy wasn't supposed to be the Past Regression-Future Progression treatment, but the Rapid Materialistic Voidance program. Then she burns down his business, blows up his house, has his car stolen, lapses the insurance on all of it, and leaves him with only the invitation to his nephew Fred's Christmas dinner. He goes, then rebuilds his business, and follows the spirits' lessons to the letter, though their intentions were still lost on him. He's just determined never to undergo spiritual therapy ever again, and though his deeds are good, his interest is still in protecting his own ass. (hide spoiler)]