There is still a line, even in this era, and I think it was crossed yesterday. As lil darlins across America exchanged their love messages that they don’t mean just to get a fix of their candy addiction, I noticed that one particular batch of cards had gone too far. When I peeled off the heart sticker that closes the 2 inch by 4 inch piece of paper (by the way, that was a million dollar idea, heart stickers) and I peeped the message inside I was a little flabbergasted. One of the cards said, “You’re adorable,” and as true as that is, I don’t think that word exists in a 7 year old vocabulary. But the card that really got me was the next one. I opened it up and inside was my old friend the Grinch. Woah, Halmark, you’re truly not that uncreative. There is a line in the sand, an you just barreled over it with your laziness. The obvious thing here is that the grinch is a large mascot for another overrated Halmark Holiday. I mean, you cant go crossing logos. The Easter Bunny doesn’t shout out to MLK for his birthday, there is no Uncle Sam preaching to have a patriotic Halloween (especially since he says don’t take candy from strangers), and there are no Pilgrims that say have a heart, don’t betray the Natives. There isn’t much sacred in Holidays anymore, but there is still Cupid as the representa of love day. Anyways, it’s not that big a deal since nobody noticed but me since I’m the only one that reads the card.
PS you think they ran out of the chalk candy with the perverse sayings on them? “Woo me,” “Don’t run,” and “Play time.”
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