love that holiday spirit

Lots of product reps and suppliers send us holiday cards this time of year at my workplace. One company really won the awkward prize this time around.

First, there’s the e-card. I mean, on the one hand, it’s an adorable Jacquie Lawson animated card with kittens. What’s not to like? But while the written message is a perfectly inclusive ‘Happy Holidays,’ the musical accompaniment is ‘O Holy Night,’ and the card features a Christmas Tree and Salisbury Cathedral. (It should perhaps be noted that the boss does not celebrate Christmas.)

KITTENS!

And then, even better, there’s the gift. Keeping in mind that my workplace is a retail store with 12 employees — the holiday gift was a fluffy blanket. One. It’s very soft. It’s also currently in a box stuffed away in a back room, until we figure out how to give it to someone without causing mass outrage and resentment.

It’s awesome that these companies do anything, and I totally don’t want to be complaining. It’s just, yeah — awkward prize.

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