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12 Songs of Christmas: Elf's Lament [1]

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Date: 2022-12-13

Each day until Christmas, I am going to write briefly about a Christmas song I enjoy. Because I can, that's why. And I an unabashed corny dork.

Elf's Lament is as close to a perfect Christmas song as one can get, I think. It is told from the point of view of the put-upon Elves who make our Christmas gifts as they attempt to work themselves up to strike before Christmas. Half worker's of the world unite, half English-lit major as barista lament, it' a brilliant commentary on how commercialism and capitalist exploitation are at the heart of the modern Christmas experience. The lament is not just for the tireless elf, but also for the UPS driver, the third world factory worker, and the Amazon warehouse worker who are all ground down by the mechanism of modern Christmas consumption. Plus, Santa is completely a sweatshop owner on top of being a privacy invading spook.

What makes the song really work is its jolly tone. It is a completely upbeat, fast paced earworm of a tune with lyrics sung in a happy cheerful voice but are really about how your Christmas presents are wrapped with the blood and tears of tiny, little, exploited elves. Elves who had aspirations but find themselves in a world where those aspirations are sacrificed upon the alter of inhumane Christmas efficiency. You'd be a militant, too, if you were lower on the org chart than a reindeer.

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