We join this story just as it dawns on me what the new Home Depot commercial is about—Elves enter Mrs. Santa’s house to discover she has already decorated without them and they are none-too-pleased:
Me: Oh! I get it, that’s supposed to be Mrs. Santa Claus.
IZ: Yeah, and I still find it offensive.
Me: What do you find offensive?
IZ: How it depicts Mrs. Santa. It suggests that she is completely incompetent unless she uses Home Depot to decorate.
Me: You’re serious?
IZ: YES! It’s offensive to all those other Mrs. Santas out there—it seriously sells their abilities short. And I find that offensive.
Me: (at this point, I’m laughing so hard I’m snorting my tea.)
IZ: And if I had a blog, I’d blog about it!
i mean we all know that martha is the one responsible for every successfull christmas ever. home depot doesn’t even have those fantastic cookies. i mean really.
i’m with ya, iz. rock on with your bad mrs. santa supporting self.
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I know, the nerve of Home Depot trying to move in on what is clearly Martha’s territory! Ok, now I’m offfended! ~W
Yeah, I got nothin’
“You can do it. We can help.” That’s such a generic slogan. It could be advertising anything from home improvement to viagra.
heh. 🙂
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Yeah? Me neither 😀 ~WÂÂ
I haven’t seen the commerical, but the whole idea that people are incompetent without the help of products/large corporations/Martha Stewart seems to be quite prevalent in our culture….
Older Son and I used to really enjoy analyzing the commercials. It is amazing how many pharma ones there are.
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:D Would you believe in grad school I actually took a media literacy class? ~W
I hate commercials, and haven’t actually watched one for years. I avoid TV, and if I am watching, I find something else to do during that time. Bah,humbug!
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It’s rare for us to see a commercial any more considering we have replay tv–and everything is recorded. ~W
This is hysterical! If I was drinking tea right now, I’d be snorting it too!! I know for a fact that Mrs. Claus is a very competant decorator, cookie baker, elf clothes maker… Need I go on??
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Heh… Nope 😀 ~W
What did your DH drink and can my DH have a sip?
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I don’t know… I’ll ask him!
Hey, IZ: Monica wants to know what you’ve been drinking and are you willing to share? 😉 ~W