Green Christmas

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"Well, if they're not here for the Christmas pitch, I can't help them find new ways of tying their product in to Christmas. That's why I'm chairman of this board! Let's hear it for me!"

—Scrooge, from Stan Freberg's "Green Chri$tma$"

Some people ask themselves what they can do to show the Christmas spirit. The people who make TV commercials ask themselves how Christmas can showcase their product. The veneer on this facade is as thin as the snow on the Hollywood sound stages these commercials were filmed on.

Not to be confused with it not snowing at Christmas, or an eco-friendly Christmas.

Examples of Green Christmas include:

Advertising

  • Flintstones Cereal Christmas commercials.
  • "Happy Honda Days."
  • Car commercials with price tags framed like Christmas ornaments, or with huge bows on top of the cars.
  • Jingle Bells corrupted to "O-o-o-o-big-Overstock.com."
  • Fruit of the Loom commercial over-emphasizing the "comfort" in "tidings of comfort and joy."
  • Since the 1960s Norelco has shown Santa riding through the snow on one of their razors.

Even our name says "Merry Christmas" -- Noelco.

  • The commercial with the gingerbread man where tossing his kids cell phones constitutes the extent of his holiday festivities.
  • McCormick - "Tis the seasoning!"
  • Coca freakin' Cola. They didn't invent the image of fat, red-and-white-suited, white-bearded Santa Claus, but their advertising starting in pre-broadcast times helped to make the version that matched their company colors the memetic Santa.
    • Also the polar bears.
  • The commercial with the Hershey's Kisses playing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as little bells.
  • Honey Nut Cheerios had a holiday commercial in which Ebenezer Scrooge was tempted by the honey and nuts.
  • The "Radio Shack Holiday Heroes" ads blatantly implied that Christmas is all about the presents.
    • At least they were funny... except for the follow-ups with Lance Armstrong and his loser employee.
  • The December 2010 Best Buy campaign. Similar to Radio Shack above, with the most blatant openly stating that Christmas Magic is about more viable payment options.
  • Budweiser's Clydesdale horses.
    • Everyone wants to get drunk on Christmas!
  • "Fa-la-la-la, fa-la-la-la, T.J. Maxx!" Its parent company later reworked the lyrics to "Up on the Housetop" to plug T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods stores.

Live-Action TV

  • Spoofed on Dinosaurs during the Refrigerator Day episode: "We wish you a happy Fridge Day / We wish you a happy Fridge Day / We wish you a happy Fridge Day / So come in and buy paint!"

Radio

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