Musings Upon a Close Reading of The Little Drummer Boy
- The Little Drummer Boy (TLDB in future references) is homeless. Alternatively, he is the champion of a tribe of desert-dwelling LDB’s (which is why he is TLDB as opposed to ALDB), but this analysis is highly problematic for reasons I will elucidate later in this work.
- TLDB is not only the first Christian busker, but an unsuccessful one at that. As the carol says, he has…