it immediately brought back growing up in the 80s when everyone was convinced there would be this surprise communist attack (my middle school was designed, with basically no windows, in case of such an event). having santa claus be the one to sweep through the u.s. really plays on how ridiculous it all was. (not that 'the cold war' wasn't a real threat but the way i remember ordinary citizens reacting...)
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Date: 2007-11-18 01:45 pm (UTC)it immediately brought back growing up in the 80s when everyone was convinced there would be this surprise communist attack (my middle school was designed, with basically no windows, in case of such an event). having santa claus be the one to sweep through the u.s. really plays on how ridiculous it all was. (not that 'the cold war' wasn't a real threat but the way i remember ordinary citizens reacting...)