The Intertextuality of ‘Tis the Damn Season

The Swiftie and The Scholar · Dec 24, 2025 · 51m

Merry Christmas! Sorry for the sad song choice, but it just felt right. We’re trudging down the road not taken with evermore’s ‘tis the damn season. Uncle Jerry isn’t so sure about this one at first, but he comes around by the end.

Works Cited:

Trope

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

The Family Man (2000)

Frank Capra

Autofiction

Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger – Aff Link

The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost

Intertextuality

Fire and Ice – Robert Frost

Mending Wall – Robert Frost

Look Homeward, Angel – Thomas Wolfe – Aff Link

You Can’t Go Home Again – Thomas Wolfe – Aff Link

Tis The Damn Season – Lyric…