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๐•พ๐–†๐–“๐–™๐–† ๐•ฎ๐–‘๐–†๐–œ๐–˜!

๐”–๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฅ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ค๐”ฅ ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”–๐”ซ๐”ฌ๐”ด

By ๐‘๐Œ๐’Published 11 months ago โ€ข Updated 11 months ago โ€ข 1 min read
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๐•พ๐–†๐–“๐–™๐–† ๐•ฎ๐–‘๐–†๐–œ๐–˜!

Weโ€™ve all heard of Santa, that โ€œjolly old elfโ€

Who navigates the globe in a sleigh by himself

Led by a team of nine flying reindeer

And fueled by iced cookies and holiday cheer

He spreads Christmas spirit with bountiful joy

Descending down chimneys with a bag full of toys

and tablets and TVs and puppies galore

An endless delight of cheap crap you adore

. . . This is the tale that youโ€™re told to believe

But itโ€™s a concoction of fiction designed to deceive

And every parent knows it, yet still they persist

In spinning grand yarns of the naughty-nice list

The real storyโ€™s darker โ€“ and far less heartwarming

And it comes with an N-S-F-W warning

Itโ€™s true that Santa is old and immortal

And hangs out with reindeer and elves at the North Pole

But kind he is not, and heโ€™s repulsed by gift-giving

Instead, he pimps hookers and cooks meth for a living

His breath smells abhorrent and his teeth are blood-stained

From his diet of flesh and intestine and brain

Santaโ€™s been un-dead for hundreds of years

What remains is the embodiment of your deepest dark fears

While you lie in your bed and await his brief stop

And listen for reindeer upon your rooftop

Santa has directed his magical ride

To the homes where the naughtiest kids all reside

As sugar-plum fairies prance about in your head

Santaโ€™s making his rounds โ€“ and he needs to be fed!

So settle your brains for a long winterโ€™s nap

With a prayer that you wonโ€™t become Santaโ€™s next snack!

๐•พ๐–œ๐–Š๐–Š๐–™ ๐•ฏ๐–—๐–Š๐–†๐–’๐–˜ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ธ๐–Š๐–—๐–—๐–ž ๐•ฎ๐–๐–—๐–Ž๐–˜๐–™๐–’๐–†๐–˜!

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