I love Christmas time. I've said this a lot this season. I may get hectic and crazy and feel like I'm going to lose my mind for the entire month of December, but I get like that because I just love the holiday so much and want everyone else to have as special holiday as they deserve. I've always had fabulous Christmases so wanting to make everyone else's fabulous is my own personal hurdle each year.
I love Christmas for what it stands for - hope, family, love, friends, and caring. Christmas is meant to be spent and shared with those you love and care about most in the world. And while it shouldn't be about presents, the very act of finding something for someone special - no matter how small - is a way to show that someone you care. I love that idea! When else do you have an entire season devoted to showing others you love them and care about them?
I get a little over-enthusiastic about it, I admit. But I'd rather be over-enthusiastic than completely tone-deaf. Here's where my rant begins...
Because this is a season of giving and sharing, most ads and marketing campaigns focus on the wonder and the love that goes along with Christmas. For instance, that gorgeous new Amazon ad I shared a few weeks back.
But then you have Xfinity with the absolute worst Christmas ad I've ever seen, which never fails to anger me every time it pops up on screen. Let me set the stage. You have a adorable older couple reading presumably their grandkid's social media account which says - "Heading into the gates of hell - grandma and gramdpa's house where there's no internet or wifi. Cut to a few days later when the jerk grandkids arrive for Christmas and Grandma and Grandpa have completely re-wired their house to make the kids happy.
How is this anything but the very definition of #FirstWorldProblems. It's bad enough that the kids are writing these horrible things about their grandparents, but having the solution be wifi and internet instead of a good kick in the butt is a horrible message. I'm sure there are millions of people that would like to be spending their holidays with grandparents or loved ones that may not be around anymore - me being one of them. And would gladly do without electronics to have the chance to laugh and reminisce. I just don't understand why a company like Xfinity would choose to run such a heartless ad.
Ok, now that that's off my chest - it's been sitting comfortably there for the last month or so, ask anyone whose had the pleasure of watching tv with me - I'm free to enjoy the holiday!
Merry (almost!) Christmas!
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