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You know, every Christmas, I feel like a little child. But we always get turkey.
— Terry · Do Not Adjust Your Set
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Feeling like a little child first suggests a familiar Christmas emotion. The mention of getting turkey then makes feel like sound like a statement of appetite instead. That change of meaning creates the dark joke, turning an apparently innocent seasonal comparison into an alarming alternative to dinner.
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