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Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99

#1

Hylian

Hylian

I saw this deal on another site and I thought some people here may want to take advantage of it. [STRIKE]Make sure you use the code FREEx3 you get free shipping on it.[/STRIKE] :)



http://www.meijer.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=138313&cmpid=cacj




#2



Soliloquy

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

Does nobody else find the existence of this product intensely ironic and/or hypocritical?

Nobody?


#3



wana10

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

Soliloquy said:
Does nobody else find the existence of this product intensely ironic and/or hypocritical?

Nobody?
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this commercial tree is not going to ruin my christmas


#4



Joe Johnson

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

Yeah, it's fairly ironic. Yet, also, pretty awesome.


#5

Dave

Dave

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

It's VERY awesome! With a little love it could certainly look like a great tree, though.


#6



Joe Johnson

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

Oh, I was thinking it would be an ornament on my 25 foot tall, red, aluminum tree.


#7

Dave

Dave

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

Nah, it's about 1.5 feet tall. My aunt & uncle have one. It's cool.

My father in law has a leg lamp. ;)


#8



Joe Johnson

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

Twas a joke, son.


#9

KCWM

KCWM

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

The promotional code is invalid


#10

Hylian

Hylian

Charlie Brown Chrstmas Tree for $7.99 with free shipping!

KCWM said:
The promotional code is invalid
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darn it was working yesterday maybe it expired


#11



Soliloquy

I don't know... as much as I love A Charlie Brown Christmas, I could never bring myself to buy this.

It's kind of like the "Che Guevara on a Gap T-Shirt" thing, methinks.


#12



makare

It's a merchandise item from a comic that has already made millions of dollars... seeing it as some kind of symbol against consumerism IS actually pretty ironic.


#13



Soliloquy

makare1 said:
It's a merchandise item from a comic that has already made millions of dollars... seeing it as some kind of symbol against consumerism IS actually pretty ironic.
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It's not that the comic is a symbol of consumerism in general--it never has been.

It's that that specific tree was a potent symbol against the commercialization of Christmas. And now it's being sold in the very manner that it was meant to speak against.

And it's an artificial tree, no less. There's a good amount of irony there, too.


#14



Joe Johnson

It's like, super-duper-double-quadruple irony!


#15



makare

Soliloquy;307869][quote=makare1 said:
It's a merchandise item from a comic that has already made millions of dollars... seeing it as some kind of symbol against consumerism IS actually pretty ironic.
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It's not that the comic is a symbol of consumerism in general--it never has been.

It's that that specific tree was a potent symbol against the commercialization of Christmas. And now it's being sold in the very manner that it was meant to speak against.

And it's an artificial tree, no less. There's a good amount of irony there, too.[/QUOTE]

how can something from a commercial giant like the peanuts franchise be a potent symbol against commercialization? that is without being ironic and frankly, obnoxious?


#16



Soliloquy

makare1;307897][quote=Soliloquy;307869][quote=makare1 said:
It's a merchandise item from a comic that has already made millions of dollars... seeing it as some kind of symbol against consumerism IS actually pretty ironic.
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It's not that the comic is a symbol of consumerism in general--it never has been.

It's that that specific tree was a potent symbol against the commercialization of Christmas. And now it's being sold in the very manner that it was meant to speak against.

And it's an artificial tree, no less. There's a good amount of irony there, too.[/QUOTE]

how can something from a commercial giant like the peanuts franchise be a potent symbol against commercialization? that is without being ironic and frankly, obnoxious?[/QUOTE]

The Movie made the tree a specific symbol against the commercialization of Christmas!

You really need to work on your reading comprehension.


#17



makare

Soliloquy;308003][quote=makare1;307897][quote=Soliloquy;307869][quote=makare1 said:
It's a merchandise item from a comic that has already made millions of dollars... seeing it as some kind of symbol against consumerism IS actually pretty ironic.
Click to expand...
It's not that the comic is a symbol of consumerism in general--it never has been.

It's that that specific tree was a potent symbol against the commercialization of Christmas. And now it's being sold in the very manner that it was meant to speak against.

And it's an artificial tree, no less. There's a good amount of irony there, too.[/QUOTE]

how can something from a commercial giant like the peanuts franchise be a potent symbol against commercialization? that is without being ironic and frankly, obnoxious?[/QUOTE]

The Movie made the tree a specific symbol against the commercialization of Christmas!

You really need to work on your reading comprehension.[/QUOTE]

the movie was just as much a part of the money making comic franchise as anything else so the tree can't really symbolize anti commercialism without being obnoxious.

My reading comprehension is a-ok.


#18



Soliloquy

makare1;308022][quote=Soliloquy;308003][quote=makare1;307897][quote=Soliloquy;307869][quote=makare1 said:
It's a merchandise item from a comic that has already made millions of dollars... seeing it as some kind of symbol against consumerism IS actually pretty ironic.
Click to expand...
It's not that the comic is a symbol of consumerism in general--it never has been.

It's that that specific tree was a potent symbol against the commercialization of Christmas. And now it's being sold in the very manner that it was meant to speak against.

And it's an artificial tree, no less. There's a good amount of irony there, too.[/QUOTE]

how can something from a commercial giant like the peanuts franchise be a potent symbol against commercialization? that is without being ironic and frankly, obnoxious?[/QUOTE]

The Movie made the tree a specific symbol against the commercialization of Christmas!

You really need to work on your reading comprehension.[/QUOTE]

the movie was just as much a part of the money making comic franchise as anything else so the tree can't really symbolize anti commercialism without being obnoxious.

My reading comprehension is a-ok.[/QUOTE]

You realize that "anti commercialism" and "opposing the commercialization of Christmas" are two separate things, right?

Because I don't see how a series being a commercial success detracts from their views on how to treat a certain religious holiday.

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Of course, I do think that selling stuff like this Christmas tree does detract from the message, bringing us back to square one.


#19

Gusto

Gusto

.....Serious business.


#20



Soliloquy

Gusto said:
.....Serious business.
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Well, this is the internet.


#21

Zappit

Zappit

My sister bought this at our CVS. It takes a bit of bending to get it to that classic CB form, but it really is a good replica.


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