With the season upon us, they will enjoy watching classic movies like It’s a Wonderful Life, and A Christmas Carol. But they all know to not let the old man watch the final act of either movie. He doesn’t believe in these endings, and watching them gives him nightmares, making him wake up throughout the night, shouting ‘Fake News! Fake News!’
So Melania or one of the kids will distract him, while somebody changes the channel. If he asks, they just tell him that that he saw the ending, and that he didn’t miss anything important. They assure him that Tiny Tim died, but not before the Cratchit family was bankrupted by medical bills. Or they tell him that George Bailey jumped off that bridge, but it didn’t matter anyway, because he had never been born … and that all is well in Trumpsville.
Sure, it’s a little deception, but it helps him sleep like a baby … an evil, highly dysfunctional baby.
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