This Year, Give the Gift of Political Discomfort

Have you ever noticed that the harder the media tries to make Christmas--whoops, I mean, the winter season, non-denominational and all-inclusive, the Christmasier the actual Christmas Eve and Day get? Our global media has a bad case of Christmas frustration. So step in line and until Santa pops by, tell the kids repression is what the global village is getting for Christmas! That way, on the morning of December 25th, they'll be even more surprised when they receive that much-yearned-for DVD that came out in 2009, HMV (do people still shop for presents there?) gift certificate, and fanciful notebook/book/daytimer/wallet thing.

A few gems from the Saturday Toronto Star that appeared on the front porch of my parents' house this morning. Additionally, Cultural Wha? dips her prolific beak into a previously untouched medium: comic strips!

AMY