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Pamela McColl of Vancouver mortgaged her home to publish a new edition of Twas the Night Before Christmas, removing Santa’s pipe and adding editor’s notes and a Santa letter condemning smoking. The piece argues this is censorship and critiques Santa as obese, with faux fur, raced through a critique of labor, race, and industry, while praising anti smoking aims.
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CBC Radio One
Pamela McColl
Vancouver
Clement C. Moore
Jolly Old St. Nick
Santa Claus
Santa
St. Nicholas
North Pole
Arctic