The Class Struggle in the North Pole
December 29, 2014 10:33 AM   Subscribe

 
Thanks, my socialist revolutionary parents will love this!
posted by Jacqueline at 11:08 AM on December 29, 2014 [1 favorite]


I'm going to have to incorporate this into the Christmas mythology for my daughter. This was her first Christmas where she could grasp that something was different than other days of the year, and still isn't too clear on the details. She's put a few pieces together recently that I'm running with going forward, and this will fit nicely. (She was given this book about the birth of Jesus by a well-meaning religious relative, and for some reason she decided the baby's name is actually Kevin. We are never letting that go. Christmas at our house will forever be about the birth of Kevin. Kevin and the North Pole Sweatshop.)
posted by Hoopo at 11:59 AM on December 29, 2014 [7 favorites]


I though that this was about Santa's real workshop and its army of Chinese elves.
posted by elgilito at 12:00 PM on December 29, 2014


Ahhhh the merry elves at Jacobin.
posted by wuwei at 12:25 PM on December 29, 2014


Funny, I've heard it's more like North Korea than the Funtime Happyland whitewashing the historical spin doctors have given it.
posted by Zack_Replica at 3:48 PM on December 29, 2014


Bloody commie Elves better count their blessings or they'll wake up one day and there'll be fuckin chupacabras makin all the damn toys.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:43 PM on December 29, 2014 [1 favorite]


The economic issues with Santa's elves was covered in some detail in the Futurama episode, "A Tale of Two Santas" over a decade ago.
posted by sneebler at 8:55 PM on December 29, 2014


Maybe I'd better hide my Santa suit, before the Revolutionary Worker Elves Communes find out I have one.....
posted by easily confused at 5:44 AM on December 30, 2014


Bloody commie Elves better count their blessings or they'll wake up one day and there'll be fuckin chupacabras makin all the damn toys.

I believe the proper slur is 'keebs'. You're welcome.
posted by thsmchnekllsfascists at 6:35 AM on December 30, 2014 [4 favorites]


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