Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Good grief! Critics miss Christmas specials' points

Good grief!

With everything in everyday American life politicized, count on someone, somewhere, being offended by something, anything— even classic Christmas TV specials.

A recent “Huffington Post” tweet promoting a video about a holiday classic says "'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' is seriously problematic."

Why? Because Rudolph's father, Donner, verbally abuses him for being different;...