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Drake's Take on 'A Christmas Carol' in Fiction

A two-panel reaction meme featuring Drake from his 'Hotline Bling' music video. The top panel shows Drake in a red puffer jacket with a dismissive expression, raising his hand as if rejecting the text beside him: 'PUTTING "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" IN THE FICTION SECTION BECAUSE IT HAS GHOSTS IN IT'. The bottom panel shows Drake with an approving smile and thumbs-up gesture, accompanying the text: 'PUTTING IT IN THE FICTION SECTION BECAUSE A RICH PERSON CHANGES FOR THE BETTER IN IT'. The meme humorously contrasts two reasons for categorizing Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as fiction, satirizing literary categorization logic.
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PUTTING "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" IN THE FICTION SECTION BECAUSE IT HAS GHOSTS IN IT
Bottom Panel Text
PUTTING IT IN THE FICTION SECTION BECAUSE A RICH PERSON CHANGES FOR THE BETTER IN IT

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Humorous justification for categorizing 'A Christmas Carol' in fiction through two contrasting reasons

Overview

A two-panel reaction meme featuring Drake from his 'Hotline Bling' music video. The top panel shows Drake in a red puffer jacket with a dismissive expression, raising his hand as if rejecting the text beside him: 'PUTTING "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" IN THE FICTION SECTION BECAUSE IT HAS GHOSTS IN IT'. The bottom panel shows Drake with an approving smile and thumbs-up gesture, accompanying the text: 'PUTTING IT IN THE FICTION SECTION BECAUSE A RICH PERSON CHANGES FOR THE BETTER IN IT'. The meme humorously contrasts two reasons for categorizing Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as fiction, satirizing literary categorization logic.

Origin notes

This meme is a remix of the popular 'Drake Hotline Bling' reaction format, which originates from screenshots of Drake's 2015 music video for 'Hotline Bling'. The original format typically features two panels of Drake reacting to contrasting ideas. This version was likely created using a meme generator like Imgflip (indicated by the 'imgflip.com' watermark), common on platforms such as Reddit, Twitter/X, and Instagram for sharing humorous takes on literature and pop culture.

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