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Having in our childhood felt primal awe for the spectacle of the holiday, we are told to age into feeling sullen and resentful. You are supposed to proclaim Santa dead like preadolescent Nietzsches and decry the whole month as an orgy of crass commercialism.

Having in our childhood felt primal awe for the spectacle of the holiday, we are told to age into feeling sullen and resentful. You are supposed to proclaim Santa dead like preadolescent Nietzsches and decry the whole month as an orgy of crass commercialism.

Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary

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Thomm Quackenbush
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Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary
Approximate historical context for attribution to Thomm Quackenbush, based on documented writing activity in 2011. Original author bibliography lists We Shadows, Double Dragon Publishing, 2011. The separate contract date is not used as a publication date. Source: Biography and Bibliography — Thomm Quackenbush, https://thommquackenbush.com/about.php (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://thommquackenbush.com/about.php (accessed 2026-10-09).
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