The Republican party has ushered in a dark Christmas, indeed. We deserve better | Hamilton Nolan

This year hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of Covid and millions have sunk into poverty, thanks to Republican callousness

Santa will not be pleased. Not to mention Jesus. That guy is gonna be pissed. When they find out what's happened here, America is going to be in for a very dark Christmas indeed.

I am not one of the unfortunates so poisoned by capitalism's warped inhalation of the holiday season that they have grown cynical about the entire enterprise. My family takes Christmas very seriously. From a very young age I learned that this time of year was not about orgies of shopping or stewing in your contempt for your far-flung relatives, but rather about putting our dormant innate generosity into practice. The Christmas spirit is love. Our bitter cynicism should properly be oriented not at the Christmas spirit itself, but rather at those who corrupt it.