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Sunday, December 24, 2023
Book Review: The Reign of the Anti-Santas
IndieBookView posted: " The Reign of the Anti-Santas by Colin Dodds Genre: Historical Fiction / Holiday / Humor ISBN: 9798866510825 Print Length: 184 pages Reviewed by Elena Bellaart In The Reign of the Anti-Santas, Colin Dodds takes readers on a" Independent Book Review
In The Reign of the Anti-Santas, Colin Dodds takes readers on an inventive romp through the ugly history of the business we know as Christmas. Narrated by an elf named Elvin—"Don't laugh. Fine, laugh a little," he instructs—the story follows the rise and fall of the original Santa, a huge and terrifying presence with a voracious appetite for food, sleep, and sex. One Christmas Eve, a young Elvin finds himself stuck on Santa's sleigh as he makes his deliveries around the world. Though initially fearful of Santa's wrath, Elvin winds up making himself useful and earning a permanent place in the ranks of Christmas elves, a coveted role in an elf society marked by post-war poverty.
Things snowball from here as Elvin is drawn deeper into the financial woes and ugly business dealings of the Christmas company. After a bad business deal with Rudolph and a deadly reindeer crash turn the company board and public opinion against him, Santa goes into retirement and leaves the business to his children, each more deranged and violent than the last.
SJ, a "prep school stoner jock," is succeeded by Nicky, a would-be movie star with a scorned girlfriend. But worst of all is Krissy, who weaponizes the Naughty and Nice list to control all entries and exits to the North Pole, instituting a bloody authoritarian regime at home while committing increasingly depraved murders abroad during his annual Christmas deliveries.
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