Christmasland vs. Reality

Christmasland is the place that Charlie Manx creates in his head to keep children young and happy forever. It is an imaginary place that only a few can access. In Christmasland, it is Christmas every day. There are huge nutcrackers. There is an impressive looking roller coaster that Manx calls a Sleigh Coaster because it is made up of Christmas Sleighs. The roller coaster's entrance is a large Santa Claus face. In the center of this theme park, down the main road called Gumdrop Avenue, sits a Christmas tree that is at least a hundred feet tall. The base of the tree is as big around as a house. Children can sit in its branches. Manx brings children to Christmasland, truly believing that they will be forever happy. They will never have to grow up. No one ever tells them what to do, and...