Politics

Christopher Hitchens on Kim Jong-il, One-Party States And…Putting the X Back in Xmas!

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In this Reason.tv classic from 2007, recently deceased journalist Christopher Hitchens gives a dramatic reading of Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Song." In introducing the topic, Hitchens talks about why he doesn't like Christmas much and invokes the specter of recently deceased tyrant Kim Jong-Il of North Korea.

About 3 minutes.

Read Reason's obit for Hitchens here