santa of indignation

From Christmas in Cambodia

The same inflatable Santa is making the rounds this Christmas. I was at the Central Market the other day to buy shoes, since my last pair of shoes has finally given up the ghost-I mean, we're talking about flapping soles, rendering me sad-hobo like and tragic in the streets of Phnom Penh- and I went down there and noticed a few stalls selling Christmas decor, to Khmer customers. Little Charlie-Brown like faux trees and lots of sparkly stuff. Faux snow. (IT'S EVERYWHERE). And that same inflatable Santa.

There's an enormous, apartment building sized Santa Claus on Monivong. This pleases me inordinately. (If I was 15, I would be plotting its destruction in the name of capitalist insurrection, but thankfully for everyone, I'm not anymore).