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One of our themes today is the iron fist in the velvet glove. Or maybe, sometimes, it's the other way around.
We're all fascinated by the Elf on the Shelf craze. For those of you who don't know, this is a Christmas elf figurine with accompanying audio-visual materials. The idea is that the elf moves around your house in the days preceding Christmas, popping up here and there. Part of the fun for the kids is finding the elf each day, but the subtext is that the elf is Santa's eyes and ears on this particular Christmas crime scene. So you better watch out.
We're also talking about a short Atlantic piece detailing the vogue for ending emails and texts with XOXO. News anchor Diane Sawyer does it so consistently with her staff that emails failing to end with simulated hugs and kisses are read with mounting alarm.
Iron fist in velvet glove. Whether it's elf or XO, somebody's trying to make you cooperate.
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