China Miéville refuses to “privatize” Christmas in a short story for the December Socialist Review.
It’s a heartwarming mixture of trademark law gone mad (Cory and Karl, take note) and a good, old fashioned riot on the High Streets of London.
Ivy decorations you can still get away with; holly’s a no-no but I’d hoarded a load of cherry tomatoes, which I was planning to perch on cactuses. I wouldn’t risk tinsel but had a couple of brightly-coloured belts I was going to drape over my aspidistra. You know the sort of thing. The inspectors aren’t too bad: they’ll sometimes turn a blind eye to a bauble or two (which is just as well, because the fines for unlicensed Christmas™ celebrations are astronomical).
Just wait until groups, upset about the lack of religion during the Season, get the Cease and Desist letter informing them that Macy*s owns the terms “Manger,” “Virgin,” and “New-Born King.”
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