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Christopher Hitchens on Forced Merriment

With the sensibility of an iconoclastic elf eyeing a parade of indiscriminate merrymaking unfurling all around him, Christopher Hitchens holds forth on the absurdities of the Christmas season in one of the first of his posthumously published essays.

Posted on Dec 24, 2011 READ MORE | 52 COMMENTS

Mr. Fish

For Christopher Hitchens

By Mr. Fish —

It was like meeting a clown outside of his makeup, away from the hysteria of his profession, who appears lovely and handsome and noble, if only because he isn’t trapped in a spotlight at the center of a ludicrous pie fight.