Alas, those holiday commercials are in full swing. They start earlier every year. This year I noticed some before Halloween. The commercials tell us that we will be happier when we are buying stuff, giving stuff, eating lots of food, and returning stuff that we didn't need or want anyway. Somehow they are convincing us with pictures of happy children singing perky carols that it's OK to accumulate more stuff.
What if holiday commercials depicted reality?
What if the grocery store's commercial showed the lovely holiday dinner surrounded by a family of snarky half drunk adults, ill mannered children, and texting teens wearing headphones?
What if the credit card company's ads could show kids opening presents Christmas morning while stressed out parents drank really strong coffee and then, follow it with Dad opening the bill in January and falling over with a heart attack?
Reality.......it's not that great!
lw
No comments:
Post a Comment