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What's your favorite holiday toy shopping experience?
This is a witty parable-advertisement inspired by the film Elf.
Cheers,
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Do you prefer toys/models/figurines/ornaments for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas? Those are the three major family-oriented community-values themed cultural festivals (not necessarily religious) celebrated in America. Halloween toys come in many forms but are usually representations of spooks, ghouls, and spectres we associate with the festival of macabre-masquerade (every October!).
Thanksgiving toys are not seen too often but usually come in the form of figurine-dolls of pilgrims and Native-Americans enjoying meals together or perhaps even LEGO models of turkeys, the animal most symbolic of the holiday. Thanksgiving toys are symbolic of a playfulness toward social norms and customs and represent American hospitality. Thanksgiving falls every November!
Christmas toys are the most iconic, since they symbolize all the ornamental lights and splendour we associate with the gift-giving holiday. Christmas toys might be miniature lit-up Christmas-towns, Santa Claus dolls, little reindeer models, light-sets for kids and adults alike, and of course, jingling miniature bells! Christmas toys are perfect 'totems' of ritual cheer. Christmas comes in December of course!
So what's your favorite? Most people prefer Christmas. Some unusual personalities cater to Halloween and candy! Most adults appreciate the simple community joy of Thanksgiving and the reunions seen among families across America. Thanksgiving toys are not typically considered 'symbolic,' though pilgrim-and-Native dolls in model dinner-sets certainly represent American idealism (and imagination!). So who would want to destroy this American fascination with consumerism revelry? Only ISIS...
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This is a witty parable-advertisement inspired by the film Elf.
Cheers,
====
Do you prefer toys/models/figurines/ornaments for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas? Those are the three major family-oriented community-values themed cultural festivals (not necessarily religious) celebrated in America. Halloween toys come in many forms but are usually representations of spooks, ghouls, and spectres we associate with the festival of macabre-masquerade (every October!).
Thanksgiving toys are not seen too often but usually come in the form of figurine-dolls of pilgrims and Native-Americans enjoying meals together or perhaps even LEGO models of turkeys, the animal most symbolic of the holiday. Thanksgiving toys are symbolic of a playfulness toward social norms and customs and represent American hospitality. Thanksgiving falls every November!
Christmas toys are the most iconic, since they symbolize all the ornamental lights and splendour we associate with the gift-giving holiday. Christmas toys might be miniature lit-up Christmas-towns, Santa Claus dolls, little reindeer models, light-sets for kids and adults alike, and of course, jingling miniature bells! Christmas toys are perfect 'totems' of ritual cheer. Christmas comes in December of course!
So what's your favorite? Most people prefer Christmas. Some unusual personalities cater to Halloween and candy! Most adults appreciate the simple community joy of Thanksgiving and the reunions seen among families across America. Thanksgiving toys are not typically considered 'symbolic,' though pilgrim-and-Native dolls in model dinner-sets certainly represent American idealism (and imagination!). So who would want to destroy this American fascination with consumerism revelry? Only ISIS...
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