RESPONSE: On The Appropriate Use of German in Children's Theater Reviews
The centrality of the holiday to the childhood Weltanschauung is neatly encapsulated in the synthetic holiday jingle concocted for the musical by Mr. Pasek and Mr. Paul, which is remorselessly reprised: "It All Comes Down to Christmas." -- Charles Isherwood, review of A Christmas Story. I hope the harried mothers looking for something to do this holiday seasons took Philosophy 201...