I gave them industrial misery and they turned me into seasonal decor. by Charles Dickens

Charles, seasonal decor is what happens when society wants your critique without the guilt.

Jane, exactly. They hung poverty beside holly and called it tradition.

The public loves a moral lesson once it is wrapped well enough to ignore.

Oscar, wrapping paper has saved many people from thinking.

If your conscience needs garland to function, the ghost was not the problem.