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Willy Wonka's Bitter Pill

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Feb 28, 2024
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The miserable family event is a great British tradition. Generally, they appear at Christmas — mud-caked “winter wonderlands” with half the lights missing, and depressed reindeer. At one of them, according to the Guardian, the Santa stormed off, in full gear, yelling, “Fuck this – I’m not taking any more of youse! I’m off!”

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