What? Cputer Science is a perfectly cromulent major.

I for one can’t wait to see Christopher Plummer in Deadpool 2.

Yes, I’m fully aware of the history of the holiday, and syncretiized nature of our traditions, but we still call it “Christ’s Mass” and that aspect is still a huge part of the commemoration for a vast number of people in England and America and around the world. There’s a widely popular annual animated special that…

Also, in Santa’s defensive, he selfishly prioritizes shipping free toys to all the children of the world, the entire one-day culmination of his job.

I will defend it! It is a deeply, deeply weird piece of entertainment. So weird, that it is sort of unbelievable that it even aired and has endured. And that weirdness makes the “be true to yourself” message seem uniquely authentic in a way that a dozens of others kids entertainment with the same message is not.

A Christmas special that actually recounts the birth of Jesus Christ as given in the Bible? What a blockhead! Where’s the ho ho ho and deck the halls? Where’s the chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Where’s the Christmas Queen?!?

Yukon Cornelius may be great cosplaying as Yukon Cornelius on the other hand...

I like the Mickey Rooney one, although my DC Comics-trained brain calls it THE SECRET ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS. Plus, Burgomeister Meiserburger rules!

Plus, we long-time AV Clubbers can pride ourselves in the fact that (and I haven’t read the Slate piece) we hashed all this out years ago. Yes, Santa was more concerned with getting his shipment out on time than intra-reindeer and -elf comity, and that was selfish. The elves and reindeer could indeed be cruel to those…

And pro-Yeti enslavement. They aren’t animals to be multilated and forced to perform tricks.

You are broken, and not in a cool, misfit toy sort ofway. Rudolph is great.

Most webjournalism is produced by 22 year old English majors with little real expertise in their subjects. Some turn out to be very good writers, thorough researchers, and insightful, perceptive thinkers. Some crank out 1000 words about how Rudolph is now the hashtag resistance or something who cares no one will read…

We all know the real problem with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is that it’s anti-dentite! 

The only thing I think of in relation to Rudolph these days is:

Fun fact: Burl is not actually the voice of Yukon Cornelius.

I’m a defender. I have a soft spot in my heart for Rankin Bass, Christmas, and Stop-Motion animation, so this old special hits all the right notes. I love its “let your freak flag fly” message, I love the little snappy one-liners snuck into it, and I love how it makes me FEEL like Christmas is coming.

Why does nearly every adult trying to analyze children’s media sound like they’ve never encountered a child? Or media? Or analysis?

Yukon Cornelius is awesome. “You eat what you like and i’ll eat what I like”. Put SOME HEART INTO IT! That bumble is hungry!. He’s actually mining for peppermint, which is why he licks his axe. He has poodles as sled dogs. The island of misfit toys. The looks on the eyes of the reindeer when they first see Rudolph’s…

Yukon Cornelius is pretty cool.

Yes. Everyone agrees. Because we’re all the same as you, and super quick to judge things as GREAT or TERRIBLE. Good job.