Talk Me Out of This Horrible Idea #santarchy #ows

Having lost too much weight to be a convincing Santa Claus, I ordered an elf costume for St. Louis Santarchy this year, it should get here today. And now I have a terrible idea: I want to run up to Dollar or Wag's for some posterboard and paint, and make a sign to go with it:

The Naughtiest 1%
Get 42% of the Toys

#OccupyXmas

I may even have time to get a couple of dozen fake lumps of coal and a couple of candy canes. I can ask people, especially kids, if they are in the nice 99% or the naughty 1%? If they say 1%, I give them a candy cane. If they say naughty, I give them coal, and explain that it's "austerity." "We can't take away the naughtiest 1%'s toys, because they're called 'job creators,' so all that's left for you is coal."

This is a no good horrible idea. It drags politics into what's supposed to be a fun event, especially here in town where it's never been as confrontational as it was originally intended to be when the Cacophony Society invented it. It breaks at least one of the rules of Santarchy, "Don't ____ with kids." But if I don't talk myself out of this, I may do it anyway.

Help talk me out of this?