Commentary Here’s a theme for a modern Christmas carol. “People are blasting Chanel’s $825 advent calendar on TikTok. TikTok users unboxing Chanel’s $825 advent calendar are complaining about the quality of items in the holiday package.” Dickens being unavailable, what sort of tale can I make of this news item about Karen meets Marley? For starters, I can’t imagine Tiny Tim blasting anything on TikTok. That kid was so revoltingly sweet and wholesome he probably would have stayed off Twitter entirely. And I doubt the pre-ghost Scrooge bought an advent calendar at all and if he did I’m pretty sure he didn’t spend $825 on it. Don’t get me wrong. Buying an expensive advent calendar doesn’t make you inherently a bad person. There’s a widespread, ill-informed animus against buying luxury items on the theory that the money should have been spent “creating jobs.” But it takes a lot of work …