Church bells deleted from coca cola Xmas ad

jimgoose · 06-12-2019 12:43pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

No ..just recognition that half the world doesn't celebrate christmass.

Is there anything terribly wrong with acknowledging that the other half of the World does celebrate Christmas in a, yeah no, I'm going to have to say, "Christmas" advert?

jam_mac_jam · 06-12-2019 12:45pm

Its an American brand so they have always said Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. I am not sure why we are importing other people's culture wars which have no relevance to us. It was used originally as Hanukkah is around a similar time so you could be celebrating either.

jimgoose · 06-12-2019 12:46pm

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Its an American brand so they have always said Happy Holidays instead of Happy Christmas. I am not sure why we are importing other people's culture wars which have no relevance to us.

It's being imported for us by RTE.

jam_mac_jam · 06-12-2019 12:48pm

jimgoose wrote: »

Is there anything terribly wrong with acknowledging that the other half of the World does celebrate Christmas in a, yeah no, I'm going to have to say, "Christmas" advert?

Santa is in it, is that not Christmasy enough for you?

jimgoose · 06-12-2019 12:50pm

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Santa is in it, is that not Christmasy enough for you?

I prefer the truck.

WrenBoy · 06-12-2019 1:00pm

Merry Christmas Folks!! just enjoy the holidays extra hard, thats the best revenge. I've always liked Cidona more anyway,, except it usually has me piddling like a racehorse

Guy:Incognito · 06-12-2019 1:18pm

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

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Epstein didn’t kill himself.

https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/an-update-on-our-old-pal-jeffrey-epstein.htm

Sonics2k · 06-12-2019 1:22pm

I was wondering what we were all going to get pointlessly offended at this year.

Apparently the lack of bells in a corporations annual advertisement is the hot topic this year.

Guy:Incognito · 06-12-2019 1:22pm

20Wheel wrote: »

Then they can fck off, it doesn't concern them.

The day some part of Ramadan is changed by a marketing exec in case I might feel excluded is the day I tell them to forget me and just do their thing.

What part of christmas is changed?

Unless your christmas is about what way companys try to sell you stuff, which changes all the time anyway to suit what they reckon will sell the most stuff .

Maybe you dont really care about what christmas actually is so?

I dont either btw, its presents and time off work for me and the family, that's all.

Guy:Incognito · 06-12-2019 1:23pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Don’t see why you’d drink coke when club orange is a thing.

Has fanta stopped existing? Club orange can suck a dick.

listermint · 06-12-2019 1:24pm

Outrage level

11/10

success!

Hulk Hands · 06-12-2019 1:35pm

joe40 wrote: »

For me over the 20 -30 years Christmas has become two distinct things. There is the Christian feast that celebrates the birth of Jesus, and that always included dinner and gift giving, overall feel good factor and family time. All very nice and brilliant when it works out well.

Then there is the over commercialised aspect that latched onto Christmas to get everyone to buy ****e they don't need. Every year, from Christmas jumpers to elves on the shelf there was some new "festive initiative"

So I think it might be a good idea to fully separate the two. Keep the Christian feast of Christmas for those that want it, but drop the pretence that all this commercialism has anything to do with Christmas.
Coca Cola has feck all to do with a Christian Christmas celebration, is not a good idea to drop the pretence.

For me I enjoy both versions of Christmas, they can co exist.

I hate large corporations appropriating things like religious feasts to make money.

Well the Bible itself says Jesus was born in March so let the religious ones feck off to then and keep Santa, Coca Cola Trucks and getting pissed for late December

jammiedodgers · 06-12-2019 1:36pm

Jesus is gonna be so pissed, ruined his birthday the pricks.

mondeo · 06-12-2019 1:49pm

It's obviously a religious thing... Since the world is so cultural now. Next thing they will want to strip all the churches in the country of their bells, because they feel they shouldn't have to live in a country and feel intimidated.

It's really important that our cultural values don't get stripped because of different religious beliefs, this is my opinion. If they don't like our heritage then tough. We shouldn't have to take away our beliefs, we are Catholic country at the core.

mcmoustache · 06-12-2019 1:58pm

Salary Negotiator wrote: »

Probably just someone in Coca Cola HQ trying to justify their huge salary. Swing and a miss I’m afraid.

This is a more likely explanation. Plenty of professionals make stupid, misguided changes for change's sake just so that can be seen to be doing something.

whisky_galore · 06-12-2019 2:31pm

Fizzy dishwater I won't be buying anyhow, bells or no bells.

10000maniacs · 06-12-2019 2:45pm

When they start taking bangers and mash off the menus in schools and colleges, then the critical threshold would have been reached.
But I'm ok with them taking the bells off the advert, I never noticed them anyway.

nullzero · 06-12-2019 3:22pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

No ..just recognition that half the world doesn't celebrate christmass.

If they don't celebrate it why would they be offended by it?
In countries where Christmas isn't celebrated they won't have to see ads for Christmas stuff anyway, and if they're living in countries that do, well that's part of adapting to another culture.

o1s1n · 06-12-2019 3:25pm

mondeo wrote: »

It's obviously a religious thing... Since the world is so cultural now. Next thing they will want to strip all the churches in the country of their bells, because they feel they shouldn't have to live in a country and feel intimidated.

You do realise the people who made this decision were probably a group of Coca Cola execs and not your local Muslim minority group?

ceadaoin. · 06-12-2019 3:48pm

joe40 wrote: »

For me over the 20 -30 years Christmas has become two distinct things. There is the Christian feast that celebrates the birth of Jesus, and that always included dinner and gift giving, overall feel good factor and family time. All very nice and brilliant when it works out well.

Then there is the over commercialised aspect that latched onto Christmas to get everyone to buy ****e they don't need. Every year, from Christmas jumpers to elves on the shelf there was some new "festive initiative"

So I think it might be a good idea to fully separate the two. Keep the Christian feast of Christmas for those that want it, but drop the pretence that all this commercialism has anything to do with Christmas.
Coca Cola has feck all to do with a Christian Christmas celebration, is not a good idea to drop the pretence.

For me I enjoy both versions of Christmas, they can co exist.

I hate large corporations appropriating things like religious feasts to make money.

I prefer to think I'm celebrating yule or midwinter, the thing that was around well before jesus and that was appropriated to make celebrating jesus more palatable for the masses.

Idbatterim · 07-12-2019 2:20am

I’m surprised the picture of santa is still on the truck and he’s a white. Next year it will be a black , yellow , brown , green and purple Santa ... and they won’t be cisgender Santa’s either !

eyerer · 07-12-2019 2:23am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

No ..just recognition that half the world doesn't celebrate christmass.

But it's a christmas advert?

Sonics2k · 07-12-2019 9:33am

eyerer wrote: »

But it's a christmas advert?

No, it's a coca cola advert.

Anesthetize · 07-12-2019 10:24am

Coca-Cola invented Christmas, so they can do whatever the hell they want with it.

deezell · 07-12-2019 11:35am

Anesthetize wrote: »

Coca-Cola invented Christmas, so they can do whatever the hell they want with it.

True, they invented the guy with the 2 piece red suit, boots etc. Only really America and ourselves, UK, who pander to that image. Way back people might still have referred to him, ( her?, they?), as Saint Nicholas, maybe in religion class in primary school. He's still Sinter Klass in Holland, red robe, white horse, bishops mitre and black faced slav....., assistants hopping around at his service. Totally unPC. Hilarious.

_Godot_ · 10-12-2019 9:02pm

I forgot about the blackface. Geez.

AMKC · 10-12-2019 9:47pm

I like it the add that is. Much better than that feckin Amazon add. I don't drink it anymore do as it no longer agrees with me. In fact I very rarely drink any fizzy drinks anymore as they are are just all full off sugar.