Archive - The Chains of Christmas

The Tyranny of the Christmas Tree

How the holiday’s most sacred symbol became a site of worship, submission, and reward.

7 hrs ago • Christopher Crumb

December 2025

The Binary That Binds

Naughty is just another name for Other.

Dec 22, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

Everything Wrong with "Elf"

Don't watch this with your children.

Dec 20, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

The Threat of Coal

It is a punishment social, ecological, and theological in its terror.

Dec 20, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

A Castle Doctrine Christmas

There is no American vice which Christmas does not sanctify—our fetishization of the Second Amendment chief among them.

Dec 18, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

An Abomination in the Arctic

Santa's Workshop sends a sickening, sadistic message about our most sacred ecosytems.

Dec 18, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

'White Christmas'—and White Supremacy

It's the best-selling single of all-time for a reason.

Dec 13, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

Mistletoe? Just Say No.

This seemingly harmless holiday plant harbors a dated and dangerous worldview.

Dec 12, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

The Elf, the Shelf, and the Surveillance State

Santa's little helper or Orwell's big brother?

Dec 11, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

November 2025

The Days of Gluttony

Thanksgiving ushers in the Christmas season—and with it, the slow destruction of the human soul.

Nov 27, 2025 • Christopher Crumb

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