A Christmas Carol Cock-up
Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing! P. T. Barnum
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was hosting my first Christmas Eve television spectacular; it was my rellies’ Christmas Day shit show. It was Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, gold standard families, oi, oi, oi; it was a public debasement of that currency, bah humbug rules, okay! Christmas morning dawned full of promise; the sun was beating down, yet the oppressive heat that stymies outdoor eating was for an...