Favorite Moments: Counselor Troi’s Christmas Spirit!

We all have our favorite moments in movies, books, and games, moments that stay with us long after the story is over. This column is my attempt to examine my favorite moments and see why they stick with me.

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The Video

Why it’s great

Christmas is just around the corner! As you go about your day today, wrapping presents and doing last-second shopping, please take a moment to silently thank all the retail employees who are working to ensure you can get your holiday gifts and favorite foods, all while being forced to listen to the world’s most annoying song hundreds of times a day in an endless, Groundhog Day-style loop that has gone on since November 1rst, a situation that this parody video perfectly demonstrates, using humor to bring awareness to a tragic situation.

As a retail worker myself, it has gotten so bad that I haven’t felt any holiday cheer this year. Every day we retail workers go to work and listen to Mariah Carey blasting that all she wants for Christmas is us. But the song doesn’t make me happy. It doesn’t make me feel any joy. There is only disgust and loathing at this damn song repeating over and over and over and over and over again with no end in sight I can’t stand it any longer I’ve already ripped out my ears and smashed my head into the wall but it’s not doing anything to silence that damn song someone help me I need help I can’t take it any longer I can feel myself going insane send help send help send help help help help help help.

Ǭ̴̡̛̩̠̤̳͔͍̝͙͉̼̗͔̻̺̭̦̫̤͕̦̈́̍̓́͂͌̆̽̂̔͆̓̅̈̔̇̔̕͘͝h̸̨̛̛͇͉̘͔̻̳̗̣̟̊͂̉͐̂̾̔̾̐́͂̽̍̏̀́͐̀̏̏̿͊͋͗̌̔̆̑̀̑́͘͘̚͘͘͝͠͝͝ ̸̢̧̧̧̧̡̨̧͍͔͖̹͓̥͍͙̺͇͖͎̦͈̻̳̼̞̲͖͉͈̲͖̭̩̣͖̻͈̩͉̟̲̌́̄̀͜͜G̸̡̧̡̧͕͓̩̮̯͇͇͕͉̩̮̯̺̯̝̤̤̭̫͙̥̱͉͓̭̹̪̻̙̱͖̭̙̟̼̝̲̩͎̜̓̉̽̃͐̋͒̅͂̈́̂̾̈́͌̇̄͊͗́̿̔͂̋̀̑̒̒̇͐̈́͒͌̀́͒͘͜ͅo̷̧̧̩̞̖̭̮̳̭͓̠̙̎͑͂̊̎̕͝͝͝ḑ̴̨̠̝̗̠̖͚͈͚̮̪͇̮̥̳̫̾̈́̋̇̈͗̓͌̿́̂́̈͒̽̀͐̒̍̓̉̊̾̓̄͒́̈́̚͜͝ ̴̢̪̠̖̬͙̻̞͕̩͕̞̻̮̮̮̟̰͈̗̻̹̬̰̬̭͙͚̞̮̞̲̼̮̞̘͕͎̠̩̒̈̈̇̽͛̐̊̎̎̀̉̇̓̌̌̔͐̅̉̊̆̓͛͆̋̐̍̌́͗̊͛̒̇́̌̐͘͘̚̚̚̕͜͜͠͝͝p̷̡̨̧̧̧̢̡̛̠̰̦̦̜̪̳͕̼͈̠̝͕͙͔͖̠̳̪̦̣̟̙̔͌̽͂̂̒̀̀́̑͌́͐͆͐̐̕͜͝͝l̸̢̧̗̜̦̭̗̘̼͕͈̋͂̾͐̅̇̆̄̉͛͗̊̆̀́̒͛̉͛͛͒̉͋̎͛́̓͒͂̅͊̈́͆̅̑͆͗̓̇̎͂̓̀̚̚͝e̵̢̲̖̗̬̥̤̲̎̈̓̉̂͝ą̴̨̳̩̱̟͓̦͉̲̘̗̠̹̟͎͈̠͔̙͓̖̠͎̟͚̫̪̝͓̮̞͚̺̘̗̥̪̤͖̬̑̓́͒̔̂̾̆̐̂͗͛̓̒̃̋̋̔̐͗̓̌̆̋̏̈́͋̀̈́͗̂̅͗͆͌̇̊͊̄̚͘͘͝ͅs̶̢̡̡̧̨̡̥̞̙̺͕̙͚̖̟̬͉̞͕̫̭͇̳̬̮̥̝̩̭̭̞̘̠͈̹̹̻̬̝͖̃͗̔͗͆̀̃̆̅̀́͋́͜ȩ̸̨̛̛͔̱̤͙̜͖̦͖͓͎̣̠̹̫̜̰͍̟̟̻̞̭͇̙͕̯̭̠̫̟̣̹̼̣̜̜͚̺͎̩̯̬̹̹͛́̉̌͛̆̀͋̏̏͋͗̎̈́̃̆̓̃͜ͅ ̸̨̧̧͈͇̠͙͙̞͇̝͓̞̞̗̭̤̘̝͈͍̟̞̣̞̺̽́̔̉͊̎͗̋͒̓̃̐͑̔̆̂̈́̇̆̌́͂̊͆̿̂̎͛̅̉̑͋̓͊̒̕̚̕͠͝ͅh̵̨̢͉̞̩͕͍̳̖̳̱̮̬͓͇̮̩̰̖̉̽̔͠͝ͅȩ̸̨̡̛̥̮͖̗̳̘̯̣͕͕̩̱͇̤̱͓̥̺̰̥̲̭͔̟̝̪̟̥̦̟̥̺̫̖̜͔̱̺͛̈́̇̊̎̓͋̆̑͋̊̂̎͛̽͒̎̊͒̕̕̕͜͜͜͝͠͝ͅļ̴̡̢͕͈̣̱̠̠͎̼̖̼̙̼͍͉̼̳̟̳̖̩̩̝̻̱̘̙̙̙̞̜̫͇͚͈͕̗͔͔̳̘̟̳̈́̈́͂́͆́͂̍́̋͒̇̓̑̔̐̌̓̀̋͗̀͘̕̕͜͝͝͝͝p̸̧̢̧̧̡̫̰̥͓̮̩͓̪͖̘͍̟͔̺̬̖̣̞̯̬͗̊́͋̃̆̆̕͠ ̶̩̤͚̗͇͚͎̻͎͈͖̪͓̤͕̞͗m̶̧̛̙̟͎̰̞͇̳̝̣̼̮̪̈́͐͂̿̐̾͗̅̏͆̿̊̑͜͝ȩ̶̛͉̠̱̳͖͔̗̖̭͔̬͈̖̘̞͕͚͖̣̺̦̭͛̒̏̊ͅ!̴̡̢̡̰̩̰͓̲̱͚̺̱̟̹͈̗̫͍̭̰̹͈̺͚̥͚̰͉̬̫̥̩̬̯̺̤̲̭͇̖̘̗̙̙̔̇̆̿́͒͆̎̌́̍̈́͋͂͐̾͝ͅ ̵̨̛̣̞̗̼̺̺͓̝̣̗̬̺͖̜͚̙̯̼̳̽̓̌̅̀̀̏̉̉͌̿̇̾̄͗̉͒͌͆͗͊͑͛̓̍̾̐̃̉͂̐̎͆̓̏̍̊͐͘͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͠H̴͎́͗͋̋̔̈́͘͠Ȩ̵̧̡̯͇̠̖̲̰̹̠̳͔̤͉̯̳̣̖̺͚̤̰̝̻̤͔̗̣̯̼̜̲̱̜̫̳̿̓̏̈́͆͐͐͝͝Ĺ̸̘̗Ṕ̴̡̛̱̲͓̟̘͇͍͚̹̘̩̘͕̜̻̥̞̖̝͉̘̰͉̖͓̹̫̝̼̦̀̋̌͋̀͛̽̊̂̀̍̍͂̇̃̅̃̋̏̿̎͂͐̏̎̈̆͆̀͛̔͑͗̿͛̑͘͘̚̕̕͘͜͝͠ ̸̨̨̛̩̹̪͉̎̇̓͒͑̿̄̋̏͑̅͒͂͐̅́̐̔͛̊͋̈́̕M̴̢̨̠̟̥̲͖̬̬̠͖͎̖̻͓̫̖̫̯̘͓̝̪͕͍͇̜̪͈̭̥̭̭͎͚̗̲͚̩͍͜͜͝ͅͅE̶̛̞̠̩̼͍̘͇͉̒̈́͗̎͐̃̈́́̂̓͋̏̾͊̒̐̍̒̆̇̀̒̂̀͒̇̈́̔̏̅̕̚͝͠͠ͅͅ ̵̢̡̨̨̲̹͖͍̞̭̯̜̖̖̤̻͔̗͓̻̜̻̫̯̦͉̤̞͈̘̜̘̩̙̣̲̩̬̇̈͊̌̓̊̈́̒̅̀͊͊̽͂̋̽̋̽̿̐́͜͜Ḩ̴̨̨̨̡̛͇͉̖̩̤̲̬̣̲̞̟͎̜̭͚̪͙̰̟̖̗͉̽̂͆̓̋͆̃̾̋͜ͅĘ̵̨̨̳̟̳̥͈̙̰͓̦͔̘͓͈͍̱͈̲̲̳͓̝͇̰͖͔̘̤͖̯̠̞̜̱̫͍̣͓̈̏̄͗͜L̷̠̝̙̙̼̺̦̲̍̐̊͋̏͛̄͋̽̒̀͝ͅP̷̧̛͕͓̳̝̜̙̝̫̘̻̞̺̟̫̈̉͂̌̑̍̽̽̑̉̀̽̍̉̽̇͋̏̒̎͗͌̕͠͠͝͝ͅ ̵̢̡̨̛̱̗̹̝̰̮̣͉͍̫̫̤̱́͐̀̀̉̓́̈́̾̕͠͠M̷̡̨̠̞̞͈͆̈́̈́̋̈́̈́́̑̉͊̓̑̏͑͆͋̀͊̿̌̅̋͛̋́̈́́̎̍͆̾͑͘͘͘͜͠͝͠͠ͅĘ̵̧̧̨̧̛̛̮̳̭͓̫̗͙͉͔̣̺͇̳̼͖̞̲̲̼̱̠̯͚͉͉̼͉̖̪̮̳͙͙̲̖̱͓̽̎̀̓̌̅̌͊͛̂͑͆̄̊̀͐͌̑̈́̈́̀͊̇̑͋́̒́͑̄̇̈́̂̃̌͊̇̆͝͠͠͝ ̸̛̛͇̼͉͚̖̻͕͍͓̃́͗̽̈̊͌̉̓̅͋̽́͋̒̍̃̆͛̓́́̅̈́̍̋̐̄̆̅̔̐͑̅̄͊̕̕̕͝H̷̢̛̙̼̹̙̮͕̼̪̮͖̬̥̞̖̪̻͈̪̦̗̞̠̝̜͑͑̓̊̎͑̃̋̈́̐͆́͘̚͝ͅE̴̛̛̛̩͎̤̤̤͖̭͖̖̭̠̫̦̬̟͕͈͉͎͂͂̎͊͌̉͛͂͂̿̓͋͑̃̓̉͗͛̾̀́͗͛͂̒́̽͒̌͌̔͗͂̈́̚͘̕̕̕͜͝͝͝L̶̡̢̢̛͕̮̫͉͍̪̪̫̼̗̰͚̠̘̪͈̪͖̲͚̣̤̘̗͉̦̤̬͇̻̺̲͇̜̭̓̂̂́̉̈̈́̒̃̿̔̍̄͂̄̒̍͆̂͌͆͆̈̐̅̈́̉̆͑̍̒̃̇̑͊̓̇̉̏͆͋́̕͘̚̕͜͝͠͝P̶̢̡̰̟̳̲͉̼̪̹̲͎̯̲̟̼͈̮̭̳̰͍̮̣͆͒͑͜͜ ̴̨̧̛̛̰̫̬͎̗̟̣̼̗̪̹̗̦͛̌̀̓͆̐͆̊̐͊̏̄̈́̌͐̋̒͂̐͒̈̒̽̅̃̆͘͝͝͝͠͝M̵̛̛͈͓͈̼̣̫̙̖̜͂̂̊̽͛͋͗̀̏̏̿̀̐̊̓̂͐̈͆͂̈̍̈́́͗̀͝Ë̶̢̢̡͍͎͕͍̯͎͙̖͚̟̫͓̝̳̦̲̯̳̟͖̭̺͇̞̙̖͔̺̟̲̤̖̠̭̭̟̫͚́͑͜ͅ ̸̧̡͓̟̟͔̯͈͇̥̠͔̭̣̗̙̍͂̆̇̓̌͒̍̐̈́̈́͂̽̿͒͆̏͘͘̚̕͜͠ͅI̵̛̛̱̫̹͔̬̟͓̠̰̮͙͚͕̣̥̭̳̤͚̥͇̫͖̹̖̹̲̼͉̲̤͚̝̮̩͒̈̆̅̔͗̔̏̆͌̿̎͆̃͂̂́́̂͆̈́͊̋̀̚͝͠͠ ̶̨̦͔̯̘̼̻̙͈̯̱̹̻̙́̐̔̿̾̇̆̎́̋͐͊͂̓̓̍͐̽͒̉͑͛̎̽̿͌͘͜͝͠ͅC̷̡̧̢̼̪̰̞͇̦̼̬͇̗̬͖̲͎̘͚̮̰̫̺̱̟͙̣̻̰̱͎̭̘̜̹̯̠̓̀̌̅͑̔́̾́̈́̊̔̔́̈́͑̏̕͜͠ͅͅͅͅA̴̧̟͍̳̩̩͎̬͓̰͙̰̟̦̭͎̭̹̦̯̻̫̹̿̓̆͜͜Ṋ̸̢̡̧̡͙̞̻̲̣͇͚̯̤̗̟̩͚͎͕͕̱̗̜̟͉̯͈͓̤̭̗̫̱͚͈̫͇̩̦̳̣̳́̅̑́̆̚͝ͅͅ’̸̧̡̡̧̫̗̫̬̙̹͈̩̙̱̞̭̗̼̣̮͖̭͎̳͙̗̩̼͙͉̮͓̙̯̅̄̈̀͗̓̓̈͗̃̒̀̎͂̈́̐̉̄͂͐͛̽͑̈́̆̈́͊͗̀͆̀͆͆͐̋̆̃̿͘̚̕͘͜͝͝T̴̛̛͉̥̥̮̹̪̝͔̹͇͑̑̂̍̓̈́̈͐̾̾͂̏͒̑̄̐͒̀̊͂̇̎̑̀̇̓̾̉́̋̉̐̒̊́̆̈́̈́̾̍͐͘̕̕͝͝ ̵̧͓̲͊̍̌̆͌̔̍̿̒͛͋͝ͅG̴̨͚̱͍͍̮̱̤̜̗̼̯͈̩͍͙̼͍͔̟̤͉͔͖̮̠̰̰͈̳̳̮̤͍͎̬̮̮͖̭̭͒̏̿ͅE̵̡̛̮͇̣̘̮̎͋̅̊͒̾̉̅̌̌̒̐͋̀̈́̔̽̃͌͒̀̇̊͋͗̏̽̊̊̈́́̌̒́͆̚̕̕͘͜͝͝Ṱ̸̨̛͖͖̪̙̣̈́͆͊̈́́̈́͆̏̑̈́̈́̀̅̊̅̆͗̒̈́̒̀͐͛͑̈́̇̎̇̆̈́͒̄̍̾̃̓̈̊̇͋̀̐́̃͌̅͐͘̕ ̶̛̥͔̅̄̈́͛͑̆́̎̾͊̅̀̔̍͊̇̐̅̑͌̂͘͠͝͝͝͠͠͝I̴̢̧̡̨̥͎̦͉̜͙̯͚͖̙̙̜̫̳̦̺͚̥̮̳̩̭̝̩̻̭̫̫͙̺̣̝̼̯̦͔͉̜̒̿͌̓̐̀̌̀͊̓̇̈́̔̾͋̎̾̅̑̈̓̑̎̎̾́̈́͜͜͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅͅͅT̷̢̛̲̠̳̰̘̖̺͙͍̲̮̳͖̤͚̪̜͐̉̋̓̉͊̐̔̑̑̉̐̅̾͋̔̍͊̄́̋̈́̇͒̆͂̾̈́̽̑͗̔̐̌̕͘̕̚͜͜͝͝ ̴̧̢̨̡̡̨͈̺̜̰̙͉̬̫̤̲̭̩̩̯̳̹̪̝̱̫̥͙̱͇̠͎̯̰̼̘̜̥̪͖͎͚̝̯̥̩̬͎̃͂̅̕ͅͅỎ̷̡̧̠̩͉͎̪̺̼̱̰̟̩̩͚̤̙̞͉̝͖̱̘̏̓̌͛́̌̏́́ͅỪ̵̢̡̱̩͉̼͎̘̣͍̹̘͉̫̦̯̩̟͓̝͖̼̬̞̋͋̄̒̉̋̓̍̀̐̿̍̈́̓̀̍̊́̈̄̋͌̋̆̈́̾̀̈́͆̈́͋̈́̀̒̂̄͐͑͒̓̚͘͘͘͘͠͝ͅT̴̺̼̃̊͋̃́̎̒̈́̅͐̃̔͐̆͌͌̅̿͆̍̓̏̉̽͗̈́̋̐̇̑͂̎̊͘͘̕̕̚̚̚̕͝ ̷̡̢̧̛̛̤͚̯̮͇̗͈͎͈̱̘̣͓̼̗͖̣͕͕̹̤̟̹̙͙̱̫̠̺̲͗͒̇̑͌́̔͑̇̂͗͆̔̒̑̇́̏̏̊̅̐̍̾̆̽͊̄̋̒̎̿̔͗̐̉͒̓̋͒̕̕͜͝͝Ỏ̵̧̭̣̣̯͎̞͈̳̪̜͔͕̖͓̜̮̜͈̆̑́͒̄́̄̿̃́̕ͅF̴̧̢̛̛͙̜̮͔͉̤͎͓̻̜̠͚̟̟͉̻̦͚͔̗̼̠͈͚͔͖̭̈̐̈́̂̍̍̌̈́̀̿̊̀̽̀̋͗͒́̌̀̀̀͐̽̀̊͑́̋͐̏̔͗͐̈́͑̅̇͊͆̋͑͘̚̚͜͠͝ͅ ̸̛̲̟̅͛͂͋̌̽̐̐̂͘͝͝͝M̴̡͇̝͓͇̹͍̀̆̽Ỷ̵̧̛͇̳͚̋̎͗͛̌̓͐́̉̈͋͂̎͐̓͋̾͛̉͗̋̄̍̚͜͠ ̷̨̢̡̢̭̖̠͓̯̙̼̙͎̮̭̻̬͈̣̖͇̒͌̈́Ḧ̶̛̛̛̛̬̺̹̰͕̘̎̾͆̈́̉͐́̽͋̎́̄͐̾͝ͅḘ̷̢̨̡͇̤͕͙̞̘̲̜̙̺̻̖̩̯͍̱̫̦̟͕̫̣͕͕̟̤̘̣̫̜̘͂͜͜ͅĄ̵̮͚͈̺̦̘̟͙̘̰̳͙̙͚̀̒̑͆͒̋̅̚͘D̵̡̪̯̦̭͔͈͋̇͠!̴͓͙̟̉͒̐̓̓͂̒̀̄̿̓̈́͒̐͋̀̈́̓̓̓́́̉̒̄̊͒͑̽̿̅̒̂̃͛̍͌̕̕̚͝͝͝͠ ̴̢̗͈̲̝̊̍̾̈́̑̈́͂͆̎͆̾̈́̍͋̀͆̓̂̍̂͘̕̕͠͝Ȋ̸̧͙̤̞̩̗̻̤̊̒̈̄̊̆͐̔̉̍̓̋̈́͑̔̄̔͐͛͗̓̆̂͊̌̍̈́̐̏̓̊̀͠͝͝ ̴̨̡̢̧͓͉͍̪̩̪͚͈̣͈͈̖͕͙͕̲̗̰͓̱̝̹̯͛̿̽̐͐͌̊̆̽̐̇͆̾̾̈̿̿̑̓̄̈́̐̅̓͗͂͂̌̐͐̈́̓͆̓̔̌̂̆͘̚͠͝͝͝C̶̨̨̭̬̰̞̈͌̈́̇̐́̆̓͊͛̈́̓̒̓͐̈́͊͋͐́͑̇̋̋̒͆͑̌̍̐̌̽̃̿͒͗̿̅̃̈́̀͛̕̕͝͝͝͠͝Á̴̦̺̯̯̪͎͍̰͉̩̲͎̥͑͛́͋͊͂͝͝Ṇ̵̡̡̧̛̮̰̪͎̜͎̱͇̤̙̲̖͍̤̩͕̠̜͚̲͚̦̟̅͗͗͛͂̈̉͂͆̿́̾̐́̃̿͒̋̿̂̄̀́̆̓̈́̇̓̐̆̊̂̏̓̍̋͘͝͠͝͠ͅͅ’̷̡̛̳͇̭̬̀͒͆̇͒̋̓̎͆̅̐̆̑͛̏̈́̄̔̓̀̎͑̏̌̕̚̚͘̚͜͝T̵̡̢̫̭͇̳̣͕̝̳̰͕̤̮̮̙̻̠̞̹͍̯͎̭̜͇̳̲̃̂̔̋͗̈́̂͆̀̐̔̆͊͂͂̄̂̊̈́̈́͑̑͋̂͌̒̚̕͝͠ͅ ̶̢̢̧̢͇͖̤̖̠̦͔̭̠͇̘͙̳̣͇̥̜̲̥̙̰̪͍̥͍̪͖͔̲͙̮̠͔̼̠̻̎͐̏̀̀̈́͂̃̀̍̋̽̌̏̓̅͂̃̓̿͛̋̈́͗̾̒̏̍͑̕̕͝͠͠͝͠ͅS̶̨̡͇̼͕̞͇̟̼͇̭͙̮̻̞̮̩̙͓̱͖̤̣̗̘̠̯̘̰͔̺̼̤̬̔͆͋̅̈̂͑̿̏̾͗̌̐͘͜͜͠ͅͅT̶̛̻̣̟̮͖̆̈̊͒̊̉̑̒̎̈́͒̈́̄̓̆͑̿͂̓̀̀̌̉̑̇̓̍̃̌̉̊̂̀̒̕͘͠͠͝͝À̴̛̱̳̟̫͉̘́̈͒̃͒̿͊̄̇̎̀͛̇̀̏̊͒̔̒̓̓̈͗̽̀̀̚̚͜͠ͅṈ̸̡̢̛͍̲͉̼̲̗̞̙̳̬͍̫͔̼̼̲̹͓̫͈̗̩̮̠͍̮͕̗͑͐̆̑̈́̐̑̾̍̈́͌͆̍̈́͂̈̓̔͆͗̕̕̚͜͠͠D̶̢̖̲̼͎̥͈̖̮̱̯͍͍̮̩̫͖̪̝̜̠̘̙̻̹̳̭̆̀͆́̅͜͜͜ͅ ̵̨̪͔̩̭̫̯̜͉̜̘̯͍̘̤̺̍̀̈́̆̾͂̀̆̃͐͂̅̍͆̀̓͐́͐͋͆̏̔͘͜͝ͅȊ̷̡̛̱̩̼̖̜̉̀́̒̏̒̐͌̓̎͆͌̓̒̂̃̐̋̑̉̍͐͛͗̀̉̚̕̚͘͘͝͝͠ͅͅT̸̡̡̨̹̙̙̤͙͍̱͔̖̲̮͎̮̻̙̠̙̝̟̗̤̙̘̰̞̲̲̲̙̙̤̖͙̖̜̥͊̉̏͗̾͂̈́̌̎̈́͜͝ͅͅͅ ̴̡̨̹̠̦̞͈̩̼͍͖̜͕͈̥̙͕̼̬͖̙͈̤͚̙̟͚̥̘̺̥̰̱̬͔̟̻͈̠̈̿̿̅͌̐̄̇͊͊̉̈̎̀̒̑̆̎͊͑̓͂̐̓̈́͌̀͌̃̚̚̕͠͝ͅA̴̧̡̧̨͎̭̞̤̪͍͉̖̱͉̻̟͕̲̫̙̘̮̼͓̘̣̹̩͕͎̱̤̦̲̤̩͕̖̰̰̹̭͓̪̣͋͗͛̆͗̄̄́̿̓̈͑̓̋͋̀͒͐̀̾̃̍͌̈́̌̌̄̔͘̚͘̕̚̚͝͝͝͠͝͠͝ͅͅͅN̷̨̥̓̄̾̃͑̽͛̊̎̿̿̐̌͂̍͂͑͆̊̅̔͋̈̍̍̓̇̇̚͘͠͝͝Ÿ̸̤̮͇̫͎̳̙̲̫͓̖̜̜̥̼͓̩͚̜̗̬͉̤͎̘̺̓́͆̃͆̈̑͛͂͒̽͆̄̉̃́͊̀͊͛̔̄͆̀͌̃̐͋͒̆̕͘͘̚̚̚ ̷̢̛̳̺̟̟̦̻̩̤̑̊͆̈͐̓̏͌̃̀̇̽̀̃̊̈́͌̆̉̀͒̀͛̏̈́͂̈́͘̚͝͠L̶̡̢̧̫͉̤̯̤͍̖͔͇̹̝͕̻͉̺̭̥̼̟̗̠̤̲̗̜̣̈́̎̉̏̔̾̊̈̑̒͑̓͊͌̂͋̉̊Ớ̸̧̝̤̼̋́̂̌͊Ṉ̸̨̛̲̺̮̺̲̞̦̣̤̙̗̟̙̫͉̯̘͎̝̟̖̘̬̀̂̑͋͋̈́̀̅́̚͘G̶̛̹͖̮̝̲͍͇̭͙̙̜̯̠̰̻̖̜̜͇̔̓͐͛̈̓̋̋̆́̈̓͒̓̌̎͘̚͜͝͠Ę̸̨̛̯̙̺̼̗͙͈͚̘̟̝̻̝̤̣͚̙̙͔̣̘͓̻͎̞̗̣̝͙̯̠̬̹͈̎̀̾̿̕͜͜͜Ṟ̸̢̨̪̪̙̣̦͓̝̤̱̫̫̞͙̱̠͈͖̰̤̽̅̀͗͌̓̑͂̓̾̎͛̑̉̌̒͑̿̌̈́̄̕͘͘͜!̸̢̻̯̙̩̻̱͇͎̈́̿̀̿̓͗́̕ ̵̢̬̼͚͓͎̖̖̥̤͙̜̆̎̒͒̃̈́͛̋̎͗̓̈́̌̚ͅͅP̶̨̝͕̤͍̹͔͎͕̲͈͙̫̝͇͎̙̌̽̿̒̇͊̆̇̆̒́̆̔̐͛̈͆͂̿̒̂̐̅̏̒͗̉̂̍̉͑̓̈́̊̄͌̚̕͘͠Ḻ̴̢̧̢̱̺̭͎̫̗̺͖̻̫̟͍͔̮̰̣̱͎̱͍̩̣̖̯̼̠̳̈̾̊̎̍̍͐̋͋̓͐́͌̍̂͂̐̿͠͝͠͠Ḙ̸̡̨̛̥͓͑̀͗͋͌̋̓̎̒͋̓̂͌̀̿̉̈́͐̈́̈́̐͊̀̈̔͐̃̀̅̋̔̓̋̈́̊̊̑͌̈́̔̕̚̚͝͝͝A̵̡̛̛͙̻̫̥͚̩͇͇̪̹̖͒̔̓̋̑̀̂̆̀͊̑̽̑͊̊̍̇̈́͊͗̑̂̈́̒̕͘̚͜͝͝͝͝S̶̡̤̰͎̻̦̙̹̳͉̜͓̞̖̯̙͎͎̉͐̇͐̈́͛̈́͋̿̐̂̎̍͌́͋̌̍̿̀̄̌̅̂͆̅̎̉͂͗̉͆̕͘͠͝͠͝͝͝Ȅ̵̡̲̲̯͈̝͖̺̖̲͍̩̲̝̰͕̦̫͙̏͛͐͜͜ͅ!̸̛̱̯͔̹̙̭̞͔̈́͐̈́̈́̐̅̉͒̄̋̈́̄̎̐̔́̃̅̓͗̑̚̚͘̚ ̵̧̠̜͚̳̠̹̹̜̣͕̰̗̫̣͓̭̻̦̱͎͚̟̳͉̞̥̬̝̓͒̈́͛͛̽̊Ş̸̩̖̫͙͕͎͎̞̫͇̯̭̝̦͖̘̯͖̹̣͍͚̹̯̣̘̯̲͔͚͇̝̠̙̮̔̍̾͆̕̚͜͜ͅͅƠ̴̡̦̭͚̹̰̘͔̹̜̳̼͉̙̯̖͖͍̰̻̹̼͉̰̙̦̯̤͕̜̫̝̼̻̗͉̙̹̾̅͐̾̎͋́͑̈́̋̓̋̿̐̉͂̄͆̐͌͑͗̀̍͋͛́̓̔͗̇͑̊̎̀̇̃͆͐̊͒̑̀̕͘̕̕͘M̵̹͙͉͓̦̹͙̬̲̳̥̹̺̥͍̬̹͓̪̭̰̺̩͖̼̮̖̉̌͛́͌̄̀́̀̿͋͒̉̄̾͒̑̈́̿̿̔̄̕̕̕͜͜͝ͅE̸͚̲̘͋̆̍̆́͗̄̓̏̓̌̔̈́͘͠Ǫ̶̧̢̛̪͙͔͖̙̼̳̬͚̥̟̬̺͎̗͚̙͔̙̮̱̰͚̣̖͇̤̗͉̘͔͚̥͎̺̯̹͎̝̞͇̞̰̞̺͆̿͂̈́̽̋͊̐͂̎̆̑͊̆͆͒͋̈̆͑͗͆̎͘͜ͅN̸̡̺̠̺̥͍̘͎̖͎̤̭̹̫͈͖̮̞̻̞̜̲̱͍̬̮̠̝͇̥͖͙̹̼̖̙̜͐͗̄͜͝E̵̢̛̠̹͇̜̟̠̪̞̭͓͓̩̪̟̫̺̯̞͔̲̐͌͌̑͑̀̒̕͜͠͝ͅ!̵̨̠͖̝̮̖̫͍͎͖̲̟͉͙̗̞̻̱͇͖̐̆͒̽͐͗͑̚̕͝ͅ ̷̧̨̨͔͈͕͉̪͚͚̲͈̙̻̝̪͉͎̠̗̣̳̭̗̻͍͈̦̦͕̟͕̳̭͚̠̥͉̥͕̉̉̄͑̆̅̔̂͗̆͊̄͑̓͛͋̽̏͗̏̂͑̉̋̇͋̌̅̒̚͜͜͝͠͝ͅA̸̢̠̗͆̀̈́̐̈́̿̑̎͑̅͐͑͂̔̆̿͛͊̈̍͊̌͛͑́́̂̕̚̚̚͝͝͝͠ͅN̸̡̨̛̟̝̼̮̪͎̖̤̈̏̽̌̔̇̈́͘͜͠͝Y̴̧̡̛̥͙͚̳̗͉̗̪̼͔̝̠̋͗̓̅̓̽̋͗͋̍̂̈͐͒̉̄͛̆͊͊̿̏̔̀̾̽͋́̄͑̆͑̎́̋̌̄̚͘̚̚͝͠O̸̢̟̩̤͉̞̖̝̰̜̻̹̭̮͖̮̎͋͐͆̎̓͂̅͑͐̓̓̋͒̂̇̒͗́̏̕͝ͅŅ̶̨̢̮͙̟͈̦̦̫̦̙͍̰̹̳̦̻̲̼̬͖̰̝̲͔̺̙̰͙̝̞̺͔̠̬̖̩̥̜̮̦͎͐̒̾̋̐̃̆̍̾̽̊͐̓̋̎͆̚͘͜͠ͅͅE̴̢̡̨̛̯̰͎̞̫̭̮̟͍̩͚̜̲̤̝̰̱̮͈͈̗̖̩̹̰͓̘̩̣̫̥͓̯͔͈̬̬͍̟͎̭̟̗̯̩̯͊̔͑̑̏̐͗͋̍̐̉͗̔̿̈̒̆̋̀̽̓͋̒̌̿̈͛̈́͋̇̂̅̏̄̓̈́͑̾̚͘͜͠͝͠͝͝!̶̭̺̥͇̤̻̪͎͎̯͇̜͚̯̭͔̎͊́̽̇͑̄́̀̂̉̏͋̾̓̔̂̿̈́͛̂̽͒̚̕͘̚̚͝͝͝ͅ ̴̛̮̼̍̌͌́̓̆̉͛͗̇̌͑̅̈́̓͂̾́̕Ĥ̷̡̨̡̡̢̥̖̙͖͚̗̱̟̰͓̝͙͉͚̪̬̭̲͕̪̝̞͇̳̠͖͇̰͈̬̹̘̱̮̰̍̈̏̄͂̿̓̃̇͆̃̂͐̌͛̏́͒̄̍̉͌̈́̏̍̅͊̃͌̽̏͛̌̎͆̑͌̊͋̓̊̚̕̚͝È̴̡̧̛̝̦̼͉̹̖͍̫͈͉͚̤̬̖͖͕̬̲̤̗̰̤̻̬̭̤͆̋̒̌̀̈́ͅL̴̛̙̭͇̎̍̑̂͑̈́̍̾̌̃̽̿͂͑̈́͛̅́̋̉͂̓́̓̈́̉̾̇̈́̈́͑̈́̄̒̂̏͑̓̕͝͝͝͝͝P̵̲̰̱̦̪̻̱̱̣̝̙̜̀̏̎̿̿͐̀̽̌̇̿̃͗̊͑͜͝ ̶̫̱̋́̃͋̋̆̀̈́̆̒̋̆̋̑͂̐͝͠M̶̪͐́̀̊E̸̡̡̡̛̻̭̭̠̼̙͓̲͖̳̝͇̯̓͛̓̔̒̀̇̑̃̎͛̂̍̾̈̀̅̓̅̍͒͋͆́̑̋̄̕̚͜͝͠E̴̼̼̭̩̝͚̣͎͐̐͗̔̓̽͛̌̋͜Ȩ̴̧̛̩̹̺͍̥̥̳̼̭̩̙̩͔͓̳̠̣̮̼̲͕̼̼̤̻̘̮̯͚͎̱̱̥̿̀́͑͋̂͗͊͐͋̿͝ͅE̴̪̫̘̯̲̮̰͋͌͗̂͆̌̆͋͊̉̎͋̚̚͘͜͝È̶̡̧̧̫͚͉̖̲̣̠̜̼͕͈͍͙̩̗͉̜̰̘̦̥̥̹̲̳̤͇̙̰̀̑́̀͒͑͝ͅE̴̡̛̥͇̰̭͓͚͎͎̳̫̘̩̤͍̻̯͚͇̭̪̱͚͙̹͓͚̮͔̪͚͖̝̱̫̒͗͌̉̀̔̽͑͆͑̾̐̆̃͊̋̀̀̌̑̏̄̾̽̽̎̌̐̚̚͜͜͝Ȩ̴̣̮͉̘̮͙̱̱̮̘̘̘̹͈̈̋͆̑̆̇̋̏̽̌̋͂̀̒͐͗̀́̊͌́̍̂̀͘̕̕̚̚̕̕͜͠Ẻ̷̝̓̅̽̔͐̐͠Ę̸̨̢̢̢̨̡̢̼̫̼̞̳̟̗̦̺͖̮̞͉̭̟̤͇͇̼͈͈͈͇̗͕͖͚̮͕̺̈́̅̈́͜͜ͅE̵̛͖̭͓͈̫͚̅̆͆̉͐̔̑̍́̽͊͐̃̈́́̏̀́̇̽̊̈́͘̚͝Ḙ̷̢͖̟̝͉̠̗̪͛͗͛̿͜Ę̵̨̡̛̰̳̱̤͇͇̩̗̫̮̦̩̦͙̝͇̻̘̤͉͍̺̪̫̱̪̥͖̲̙͕̹͎̼̼̮̳̭̻̰̰̔͒͗͂̈́̋̓͂̈͜͜͜͝ͅͅȨ̶̛̞̯̙̠̫̫̘͉̭̗̜̮̬̫̖̖̝̹̌̊̅̋̈́̑͌́͐͛͋̑̓̍̓́̇͂̂̏̀̎͊̅̋͊̈́͐̄̀̈́͑̏̑̉̕̚̚̕̕ͅE̵̡̨̛͕̜̭̦̣̖̰͈̟̖͖̯͍͎͈̲͙̰̯̠̤͙͍̙̫̱͍̺͚͖̽̆̔̑̇͑͂̾̔͋̈́̽̆͂͌̽͐̋͗̀̇̾̐̕͝É̵̢̡̡̧̪̩̘̖̠̖̤͎͈͍̬̙̤̬̮̼̝͙̣̑̅͐̍͒͜͜͝ͅͅĘ̸̨͍̞̻̗͖̟̫͔̙͖̣̜̼̱̺̪̗̩̭̦͗͗̔̇̔̏̽̈̌́̆́̆̀̑̌̆̆͛̀̓̅͌̾̽̇̃͐̇͂͆̍͆̔̅͗͌̽̀̀̑͆̀̓̃́̕̚͠͝ͅĘ̶̢̳̺̹͇̰̰̘͓̩͕̜͈̳̭͎̼̮̩̬̠̪̮̰̺̹͔̯̘͕̙̖̟̖̘̣͚͈̜̥̰͎͉̼́̆̓̿̏͆̊͛͐̂̓̑̈́͛̄̎͋́̔̀͘̚̚̚͜͜͝ͅĖ̶̡̧̢̢̢̻͕̦̼̠̱̪͙͙̘̲̯͎̺̲̟̠̙̼̩̼̹̠̲͚̹̦̉́̃̾́̑̐̚̚͠Ȩ̷̡̧̨̧̡̢̡͇̤̲͕͕̺̫̫̹̝̬̩̮̜͕̮̙̹̖̦̩̜̱̟̦̜̖̭̤̣̗̰̜̮̯̦̘̇̽͗͆͛̽̾̆̓͐͒̔͋̆̉̏̆̈̒̏̉̉̚͜͜͠ͅͅE̷̡̘̟͚̦̲̩̫͈͍̘̞͙̺̭̔̏͂̓̃͂̽̽͒͂͐̀́̓̌͌̄̋̀̋̏̓̇̊͛̊̌̿͐̈́̃̽͠͝͠Ę̵̛̺̬̼͕̰̔̒͛̇̋̾̅͆͑͒̈́̉̏͋̈́̔͌̿͛̏̀͆͐̅͋͐͌̊̄̑̈̎͂͗̓̚̚̚̚̚͝͝͝͝E̶̢̢̛̟̟͙̥̬͇̻̩͙̼̎͋̅̆͊̀̉͆́̓̄̑̌̈͂̑̄̈́̊̀̄̈̈́̋̓̇͐̿̈͂͐̇͑͐̅̃̓̍̕̕̚͘!̸̨̧̧̢̧̛̣͔̖̙͙̘̙̩̹̪̪͈̰͖͙̖̰̠̹͔̙̜̳̖̝͇̝̲͖̖̻͈͍͎̞̮̘̩̲͈͍̰̒͋͂̀̄̂̋̆̃̓̓̍̎̿͜͝

Perfect Moments: ‘A Christmas Miracle’

Once in a while, you come across a moment in a story that is so perfect that it stays in with you for years, or even a lifetime. These are moments that, in my opinion, are flawless; perfect gems of storytelling that cannot be improved in any way, and are a joy to treasure and revisit again and again.

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The Video:

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Why it’s Perfect

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and as we all settle down into our post-dinner comas, we dream of finally being able to put up all the Christmas decorations once again.

But with Christmas comes something else: something malevolent, malicious, and that infects the soul. No matter where you go, no matter what you do, you cannot escape it. But no one who works in our stores can escape it, and they will spend the next month fighting off the madness that will attempt to destroy us all. Please spare a moment to thank them for their sacrifice so that we can continue to get the consume goods we need while they struggle not to go insane.

What is this evil? Well, just watch the video and find out. And if you have scars from having to wrestle with this madness then you’ll hopefully get a laugh out of it like I did.