Holiday Commercials: An Editorial

'Tis the season for many things-one of which is holiday commercials.

I always look forward to seeing the Hershey Kiss holiday commercial:



There is something about the kisses acting like a bell choir and the little kiss at the end ringing his heart out that just signals the beginning of the holiday season for me.

I also enjoy this commercial:



If you know my sister, you need no explanation as to why I think this is a fabulous holiday commercial.

However, if you do not know my sister-allow me to give you a small glimpse into the strangeness which is my family.

I don't know exactly when it began-but somewhere along the line my sister began asking for a pony for holidays, birthdays and any special occasion. When someone would ask her, "What do you want for your birthday?" she would reply with complete seriousness, "A pony." If my mom came home from the grocery store and told Lindsay that she picked up something for her, Lindsay would say, "I hope it's a pony!" This year at Thanksgiving, we all had to write down what we were thankful for. Lindsay wrote, "I am thankful for the pony I am sure to get this Christmas."

Whether she really ever wanted a pony, or believed she would get one, the pony has turned into a running joke with my family. And honestly, if the life-sized pony at Wal-Mart was not so gosh darn expensive, we probably would buy it for her this year. I mean, it is sort of realistic and comes with a grooming comb!

So this commercial makes me laugh because if Lindsay were in it, she would be totally pumped to have a pony and would be making fun of her friends who only got cell phones.

Unfortunately, along with the good commercials, I am forced to endure some holiday offerings that are quite annoying.

The Lexus commercial.

Interestingly enough, this commercial is not on YouTube. Maybe because other people, like myself, are tired of seeing people get Lexuses with ginormous bows on them for Christmas. Thank you Lexus people-we get it. The only gift worth getting is a Lexus with a huge red bow. Thank you for making me feel insecure about my Saturn.

But the worst holiday commercial of all is the Victoria's Secret commercial wherein Heidi Klum believes she has permission-nay talent-to sing.



You should be thankful I only posted the short one.

Isn't it enough that her husband Seal can sing? Why do attractive famous people think that because they are pretty and famous that they can then dive in to other professions-such as singer, or children's book author? I'm just wondering.

However, the holidays are too joyous of a time to end on a negative note. So I will leave you with a montage of clips from another holiday favorite of mine-The Charlie Brown Christmas Special.