Advertisements at Christmas time seem to be more stupid,
less relevant and just plain irritating than advertisements during the rest of
the year. There are desperate attempts to link the wonder of Christmas and the baby Jesus with a product. There are ads that offersome thing that is no bargain at all.
I wear reading glasses.
I must have more than a dozen pairs.
I have a pair in the car, in my brief case, at work, by my bed, by my
computer in the Bud Cave, next to my old comfy leather chair in the Bud Cave
and extra pairs in my desk.
I used to
buy cheapo reading glasses but I notice that the lenses of the cheapo easily
scratched and the optics are not that great.
A couple of years back I came across Eyebob’s, an online marketer of
reading and other glasses
https://www.eyebobs.com/
Eyebob glasses are not inexpensive but they
are high quality, both the frames and the lenses.
I have purchased four or five pairs of Eyebob
reading glasses.
I like Eyebob glasses.
Because of my online purchases, the Eyebob Company
has my email address and they send me ads online.
This week they notified me that if I
purchased a pair of glasses they would gift wrap them.
I mean really, how much effort is there to
gift wrap a glass case. It bugged me that they assumed I would be entreated to
purchase a pair of glasses if they spend 25 ¢ on Christmas paper.
I never see a Chia Pet commercial except at Christmas time. You
have seen Chia Pets before right? Well now they have a President Obama Chia
Pet. I admire President Obama, I voted
for him twice, I am glad he won the last election but come on now, a Chia Pet
President Obama. A red clay body with
green hair President Obama? He almost
looks spooky or demonic. Where would you
put it? Who would you buy it for? Would I really think, “I bet the Lovely Sharon
would really like a Chia Pet President Obama”?
Maybe I could buy Chia Pet President Obama’s for my Republican friends. Not only did your candidate Brother Mitt
Romney lose the election and you are still subject to a non-American, Kenyan, socialist,
black Muslim president, but you have to have his Chia Pet image on the mantel
in your living room. Take that.
Take a look at this underwear ad from years past. If a guy did this now he would be arrested as
a child molester.
Here is an old Christmas ad:
I think I will buy my 84 year old mother a glock for Christmas.
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