Twas the night before Chistmas, and Santa arrives to mete out reward and punishment

As children sleep, dreaming their materialistic dreams of the privileged classes, Santa - less impressive than his Falstaffian reputation would suggest - twists the narrator's grasp of reality beyond all recognition.

A hilarious tale of Christmas horror by Ryan Iverson, inspired by Warner Herzog. Via iO9.

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