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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Internet Displeased With Hallmark For Switching Carol’s Lyrics From “Gay” To “Fun” On Ornament

In 1794, when “Deck the Halls” was written, if someone said they were having a “gay” time, it meant one thing: Happy. But just because the meaning of that word has changed in the intervening years, many Hallmark customers are not at all pleased that the greeting card company dropped the original “don we now our gay apparel” lyric in favor of “fun” for a new ugly holiday sweater Christmas ornament.

Facebook commentators took up arms against the company’s switch on Hallmark’s page, writing that Hallmark shouldn’t have changed the lyrics in the spirit of being politically correct — and besides, “gay” isn’t a dirty word, said others.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Get over it Ireton....

Anonymous said...

That was not a good business decision. Imagine all the sales...probably a sell out... if they had left the word "gay" on the sweater!!!!

Anonymous said...

lol am I the only one who found this hilarious. Think about it. Did granddad really want to be forced to wear his christmas sweater this year with the original lyric. too funny

Anonymous said...

Only Gay people wear sweaters anyhow.