{"id":23458,"date":"2015-11-02T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=23458"},"modified":"2015-11-02T09:17:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T16:17:17","slug":"uk-begins-christmas-season-with-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/uk-begins-christmas-season-with-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Begins Christmas Season with Controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The differences between Britain and the US when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> are many but none more pronounced than how each embraces the beginning of the season. In the US the rush to throw out pumpkins and put on <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music is frowned upon. In the UK they are turning on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">lights<\/a> and anxiously awaiting the first of many new <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> advertisements. <\/p>\n<p>The picture above shows last night&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> light switch on and the crowds that showed up for it on Oxford Street. But that singular event was just the beginning. <\/p>\n<p>A department store by the name of John Lewis has traditionally captured the imagination and hearts of Brits with their usual schmaltzy <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a>. All the UK will stop at 8am this Friday morning for the debut of this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But frequently there are controversies and this year is off to a fast start in that department. Handbag retailer Mulberry unveiled this <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a> just a short time ago, a scene they call a tongue-in-cheek take on the Nativity. This isn&#8217;t funny to some people:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VilRHLu6K4k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3299890\/You-ve-ruined-Christmas-PayPal-cause-outrage-festive-advert-claiming-parents-buy-children-presents-Santa-it.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Daily Mail is reporting even another outrage<\/strong><\/a>: the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a> below seems to indicate that <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> doesn&#8217;t bring the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> gifts but rather that parents do &#8212; and people are complaining the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a> is ruining <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> for Britain&#8217;s children:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/1225800.html\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The differences between Britain and the US when it comes to Christmas are many but none more pronounced than how each embraces the beginning of the season. 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