Christmas is a difficult time to ignore, even for the most conscious anti-consumer. Toy stores ascend to their annual frenzy and, in true X-files style, large men in red suits begin to colonise most department stores.
When else but Christmas would you find yourself having to share pleasantries over stuffed turkey with the most rabid right-wingers in your family? Or having to explain to well-meaning friends or relatives that yes, it is possible to fight for change in this world and no, Pauline Hanson is not the voice of reason and the vehicle for this change?
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