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In this book, we rip the beard off the jolly old elf and yank the cotton tail off that basket-toting bunny to expose the hilarious, absurd, and occasionally sinister fibs we've been spoon-fed since we were knee-high to a candy cane. With a take-no-prisoners irreverence, this book is a rollicking takedown of the fairy tales, folklore, and flat-out whoppers that have hoodwinked generations.From Santa's sweatshop elf labor racket to the Easter Bunny's questionable egg-distribution logistics, we dive into the origins of these myths. The Easter Bunny? A fuzzy shill for Big Candy, hopping across cultures with a basket of diversity-flavored eggs that somehow all boil down to sugar and dye. We dig into the history of these myths, tracing how medieval saints and pagan bunnies got rebranded into modern cash cows, while debunking the science behind flying reindeer (aerodynamics, my ass) and the Tooth Fairy's creepy dental black market. 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