Neil Gaiman, der Autor vom Comicmeisterwerk „Sandman“ und Erzähler von düsteren Erwachsenenmärchen und Fantasygeschichten, hat ein etwas anderes Weihnachtsgedicht verfasst, welches von der chinesischen Animationsschmiede 39 Degrees North zum Laufen gebracht wurde. Denkt bei der ganzen Güte auch bitte an den Weihnachtsmann… das arme Schwein. (via Open Culture)

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17911948[/vimeo]

Nach dem Klick gibt es das Gedicht auch in textlicher Form…

„Nicholas Was…

older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.

The dwarfish natives of the Arctic caverns did not speak his language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue, conducted incomprehensible rituals, when they were not actually working in the factories.

Once every year they forced him, sobbing and protesting, into Endless Night. During the journey he would stand near every child in the world, leave one of the dwarves‘ invisible gifts by its bedside. The children slept, frozen into time.

He envied Prometheus and Loki, Sisyphus and Judas. His punishment was harsher.

Ho.

Ho.

Ho.“