[thenightwriterblog] The Night Writer: Ding...dong...ding....dong...Enough!

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Posted by The Night Writer:
Ding...dong...ding....dong...Enough!
http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1197917980.shtml


   Among Christmas carols, I've always rather liked the "Carol of the
   Bells" song, either with words or as an instrumental. It's not an
   especially spiritual song, but it's catchy and pleasant in a way that
   "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" isn't (and whatever we've done to
   deserve this song, hasn't the statute of limitations expired by now?).
   I've noticed, however, how over-exposed "Carol of the Bells" is
   getting as it's been co-opted by TV commercials.
   I've heard it many times with different commercials but can only
   remember three specifically: the two Garmin commercials, which I kind
   of like (love the "There's that moose again!" and "Got a unibrow"
   lines) and the Hyundai "Holi-duh" ad because it is so nauseatingly
   obnoxious that I made a point of remembering who the advertiser was so
   I could never buy their cars. I knew there were others, but I couldn't
   remember the products (a sign of bad advertising) so I Googled the
   subject so I could list them in a post I wanted to write.
   It turns out, someone has beat me to it. Check out Christine's post
   over at [1]The Motley Yule. She says just about everything I wanted to
   say and more.

References

   1. http://motleyyule.blogspot.com/2007/11/carol-of-ads.html