6. Hah hah! The coordinating penguins and flamingo are new, I think. And the deer with pearls…I think previous years they’ve only had boas. How refined!

    • LOL, if it’s scary, it’s in a B-movie kind of way. *peeks through splayed fingers*

      P.S. Whoa, are you prescient? Wondering how you knew what I’d posted…

      • I have you and a handful of other LJers tagged (from within LJ) to let me know when you have posted a new entry. I get an email with a couple of lines from the post. 🙂 I’m also reading you, even when I’m too crazy insane to post myself or respond to you.

  18. Anonymous

    Jesus, is that you?

    There is just something so wrong with all this! Either these people have a sick sense of humor or they really are that tacky!

    • Re: Jesus, is that you?

      I suspect it’s some combination of both. Can you even begin to imagine the conversation that must have occurred between the bookstore buyer and the manufacturer for Sparkly Purple Jesus??

    • “Oh, ICK. But yet, strangely fascinating. I can’t … seem … to look … away…”

      Exactly! There’s a razor-thin line between fascinating and over-the-top. Some might say they’ve breached it. 😉

      • Sadly, the line has disappeared completely. Nobody draws the line any more in anything… it’s anything goes, all in the name of money (or power) but, even though I think it’s backasswards, the corporate mentality is understandable.

        What’s gets me is that there are people out there that would buy this crap. Not in my house!!

    • You bring up an interesting point here, K, which I’ve been mulling over since I first set eyes on sparkly purple Jesus. That is: Do you think someone deliberately designed these figurines to be offensive to some? Or were they perhaps influenced by their own cultural and/or creative sensibilities?

      Anyway…I’d love to hear your thoughts, in whatever forum you choose to share them. (Same goes for anyone who wants to weigh in with an opinion.) xo

      • Hmmm, good question. I know us So. Califorians are tolerant of many things but this rubs me the wrong way. It could just be the artist being kind of Andy Warholish and showing his interpretation of Jesus. Or also a more subtle way of being offensive like those guys in LA who had mannequins of the the Pope hanging on their home on Halloween covered in blood. They said they didn’t ‘mean’ to offend but also said they didn’t believe in the Vatian and how they’d looked the other way with the molestation charges against priests. Neighbors were upset and offended. But the neighbors felt they did nothing wrong.

        So I don’t know. Personally I think it’s tacky. I’d never buy one. But someone else might think differently.

  22. WHAT is all that doing in a bookstore anyway. Is it part of some new book and toy packaging? I think Santa is the only one missing from the group. Oh my. We’ll do anything to make a buck.

    • Our Borders has a fairly large area in which journals, pens, toys, and tschotskies are displayed/sold. Not packaging, per se, but I’m imagining it’s another way to entice paying customers into the store. I understand the traditionalists’ point of view, but hey, if it keeps bookstores open during this economic downturn, I’m good with that.

      That said…Yeah, where’s Shimmering Santa??

    • LOL, it seems to have that effect on people. *hyperventilates into paper bag* 😉

      (I just now so your comment–sorry for not responding to it before now! LOVE your angel-doll icon, by the way.)

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