“Hey, Rudolph, pass the blow, eh?
Ho, ho, ho!”
That is, apparently, what Fun Wear,
a third-party seller of “adult” seasonal sweaters on Walmart.ca wanted folks to
think Santa might be saying this holiday season. Walmart’s Canadian website was
selling a Christmas sweater depicting Santa Claus sitting at a table, holding a
straw, with three lines of what appeared to be white powder in front of him.
The caption? “Let it snow.” And, just in case you weren’t absolutely certain
the substance in question was cocaine, the sweater’s description read: “We all
know how snow works. It’s white, powdery and the best snow comes straight from
South America. That’s bad news for jolly old St. Nick, who lives far away in
the North Pole. That’s why Santa really likes to savor the moment when he gets
his hands on some quality, grade A, Colombian snow.” Another one of the
adult Christmas sweaters showed Santa being spanked by Mrs. Claus. And there
were more on offer, but you get the idea. Fun wear, indeed.
Walmart
apologized and pulled all the sweaters from the site after shoppers
expressed their shock on social media, Global News Canada reported. A company
spokesperson told GNC that the items “do not represent Walmart’s values and have
no place on our website,” adding, “We have removed these products from our
marketplace. We apologize for any unintended offense this may have caused.”
Also joining in the Christmas spirit
was Sycamore Brewing of North Carolina. The brewery wanted to change the look
on this year’s Christmas Cookie Winter Ale cans from their traditional holiday
designs of years past. Naturally, a Kama Sutra-inspired motif was chosen. The
cans came out around Thanksgiving and sported deep blue labels with tiny
snowflakes. And little red and white cartoon reindeer engaged in many different
sexual
acts. The brewery took the cans off retailer’s shelves after it
received complaints, and replaced them with “G-rated” containers.
What’s next? Perhaps an updated
version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in which Mrs. Claus sleeps with
one—or more—of the elves…who are making more meth than toys? And in which we’ll
learn that the real reason Rudolph’s nose is red is because he’s been snorting
coke with Saint Nick and boozing it up, as well?
Not to be a Grinch here, but cocaine
and kink on supposedly Christmas-themed items? Not everything “hip” is cool.
“Progressive” doesn’t mean better. There may be times to “push the envelope,”
culturally speaking, but Christmas is not one of them.
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