Yeah, its' that time of year when FOX and the right wing pundits take aim at advertisers for not saying Merry Christmas because Christmas is the exclusive territory of Christians and any attempt to expand the Christmas Spirit to everyone is blasphemous. We've covered it extensively in the past, so it's no surprise that the "war on Christmas" is back, this time with Everyman's favorite spiritual intellectual, Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin, you see, has a new book on the subject of Christmas, Good Tidings and Great Joy, Protecting the Heart of Christmas.
But more on that later.
Let's hear from the godless, secular, blasphemous, tastelessly commercial, and demoralizing side of the war. Watch Kmart's controversial new Joe Boxer commercial and see what you think:
Yeah, as if you haven't already watched it ten times in the last 10 hours. It's all over the net: men jangle their junk to "Jingle Bells." It's bigger than "Ship my pants," the commercial that raised eyebrows for Kmart last year. And Kmart has definitely gotten some negative comments on Facebook (via HuffPost):
"The commercial has resulted in a flurry of criticism on Kmart's Facebook page, where words like 'disgusting' and 'distasteful' are peppered throughout many of the user comments.
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