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Christmas Coke & Various Updates…

The Advent and Advert Calendars have been updated, with pictures of a dead dogs and Kentucky Fried Chicken, respectively.

Your personal Christmas season isn't validated until you find a six-pack of Coca Cola in glass bottles, so keep an eye out -- they're in stores now. I kinda prefer the plain green bottles to these newer versions with Santa wrappers, but so long as there's a chance of breaking teeth on the first sip, they're close enough. I don't drink regular soda anymore, but in past years, Coke from glass bottles was the --only-- thing I'd drink during my family's Christmas Eve celebration. By 10 PM, I'd be pissing purple.

Posted by Matt on 12/04/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 51 comments

Steve — around these parts they were usually only available during the holidays, but it never felt like a "holiday promotion." They just sort of popped up in late November and disappeared after Christmas. I’ve seen them much more frequently over the past few years, though.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 12/04/2004 10:45 PM

Well, at least in Texas, Coke glass bottles have always had a greenish tint to them.

I’m a Dr Pepper man myself, but I too an occasional Coke for Christmas….

It’s the same way with Lionel trains…it’s not really Christmas without them!

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 12/04/2004 11:16 PM

11 secret herbs and spices? 1.Salt 2. pepper 3.flour 4. Msg. The kentucky fried went out of bussiness near my house my whole family is gonna miss it. I can get those glass coke bottles at my school as well as glass sprite too bad its still on strike http://www.upi4100.org/neiu/.Oh and Carson Manning have you ever even met anyone who celebrates Kwanzaa or has anyone here who comes to X-E?

Chestnuts roasted by Pat @ 12/04/2004 11:26 PM

When my parents owned their cafe several years back, they kept glass coke bottles stocked, thought I’m not particularly sure why. Guess it was just one of the cool quirks you expect from a random little local spot to have.

All this PC holiday stuff is crap, excuse the expression. I support people celebrating different holidays, do whatever the hell you want. But forcing people into an "all or nothing" mentality isn’t the way to get your holiday the kind of attention that these people seem to want. We had a gift swap in my dorm the other night, and almost got caught because we put up a little tree for all of two hours for the occasion. Apparently we would have had to put up a menorah and god knows what for Kwanzaa and Ramadan and the list goes on…we were debating challenging the houseing department’s exclusion of something to please the Buddhists. Not to mention a Shinto shrine and voodoo altar (since we’re in N’Awlins). Yeesh. No one has space for all the Christmas decorations, let alone full sets for all of these holidays.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 12/05/2004 1:55 AM

About the KFC ad….does Matt have any of the old KFC ads where Foghorn Leghorn was the pitchman? Yes, he turned cannibal, like Mr. Potato Head did in the ’90s for Burger King fries. I want to see an FH Leghorn KFC ad…

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 12/05/2004 2:09 AM

Pepsi can spice up their sodas all they want, but nothing beats the Coke Santa!

Decemberween, Decemberween…

…Coach Z’s been drinking Listerine.

Chestnuts roasted by Sara @ 12/05/2004 2:25 AM

Today’s calendar was awesome!

Chestnuts roasted by dgdg @ 12/05/2004 7:50 AM

I agree, today’s calendar WAS awesome. Here in Korea, all the Coke is always in nice glass bottles…and it is CHEAP! I am a Pepsi girl myself, and you can buy a 1.5 litre bottle for 88 cents! Pretty cool.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 12/05/2004 8:23 AM

I had a bottle of Holiday Spice Pepsi yesterday. Tasted like a bottle of Pepsi had been left open in a frige with a holiday cinnamon and apple candle. Blech…

Chestnuts roasted by Joe in OH @ 12/05/2004 8:58 AM

Speaking of Hanukkah… you don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy chocolate coins.
I should know :)

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 12/05/2004 9:23 AM

I tried Pepsi Holidayu Spice recently too, and I kinda liked it, but it was cold, so that must have made a difference.

It tasted like cold pepsi with an extra ingredient that I couldn’t really put my finger on, but most of you say it was cinnamon, so I guess I’ll go by your word on this one.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 12/05/2004 2:05 PM

About two Thanksgivings ago I saw the Coke Holiday Semi Truck, like, the ones they have in the commercial. It was covered in about 3 billion white lights and has a huge Coke Santa on the side. It was something else pulling up next to it on the freeway, basking in the warming glow, and then crashing into a ditch because looking at the thing burned out my retinas.

Chestnuts roasted by Shonuf1 - "Merry Christmas, Emporium" @ 12/05/2004 2:21 PM

Sounds like Gollum found Santa’s hat. Uh-oh.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 12/05/2004 2:34 PM

Sorry no updates on Kinder Eggs recently…

My daughters said basically piss on opening one per day…

Let’s just say there are alot of empty eggs and chocolate smeared all over their faces.

I’ll update mine as they didn’t rape my Advent Calendar.

December 3: Two swinging squirrels connected by their asses.

December 4: A Polar Express Engine

December 5: A Knight

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 12/05/2004 2:39 PM

"By 10 PM, I’d be pissing purple."

Odd that you’d mention that…I finally got around to opening my 2-liter bottle of Pepsi Holiday Spice the other night. I was studying in the small hours and found the kitchen fresh out of all caffeinated beverages except the PHS. "Hmm, this’ll work," I thought, as I poured a glass. Five glasses later, and only 1/2" left swirling around in the little starfish feet of the bottle, it was finally time to go to bed. Alas, I could not; I could only feel my heart pounding desperately in my chest, and the soon-to-be-urine sloshing around in my belly. I finally fell asleep, but had the worst dreams ever, and woke up RUNNING to the bathroom.

Demons out!

Chestnuts roasted by Emily @ 12/05/2004 3:08 PM

Who is the man with tasty lips like a garbage can…..SHAFT–Dig it suckka.

Hey I like pepsi hoilday spice it may taste like same old pepsi with a hint of red in it but its still slammin (do people still use the word slammin) but any way um what yall gettin me for cherrimas

Chestnuts roasted by John Shaft @ 12/05/2004 3:33 PM

Matt-Were you really stoned when you wrote that caption for the Hickory Farms advertisement? I’m NOT stoned, and I could still go for some grub like that.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 12/05/2004 4:27 PM

If anyone wants their picture on TomGreen.com, you just need to make a "Hastily (and Crappily)" t-shirt or banner advertising the site, and then have a picture taken of it with you in a public place:
http://tomgreen.com/emailblog/index.html

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 12/05/2004 4:55 PM

Had my student loan not just went into repayment, I would go buy ten cases of festive cola post haste.

Chestnuts roasted by jjgoreha @ 12/05/2004 5:05 PM

One of my tapes of Christmas specials actually has a KFC commercial with the Smothers Brothers singing a corny song:

Kentucky Fried Chicken, they do it right
With buttermilk biscuits so fluffy and light
Light, light, light!

Sadly, my folks cut it off after that point, so it’s not even available in its entirety to submit for Matt’s consideration.

Chestnuts roasted by Shelby @ 12/05/2004 7:16 PM

I dont think thats the real Mare…I am waiting for the real mare to be reborn from a box, and kill that bitch! Cause we all know Mare would remain evil for ever….Look out Santa your time is coming at the hands of mare

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 12/05/2004 8:25 PM

ME: Ooh, I’m moving to Ottawa in less than two weeks. Maybe I’ll get a couple of pics of myself in a TomGreen.com t-shirt in one of those specific Zellers stores he got himself kicked out of for messing around with the intercom in what I think is about the best Tom Green bit ever: "Tastycorn? Tasty tasty tasty corn?"

Matt: Thanks for the clarification. Guess Coca-Cola just never did the green bottle holiday promotion in Canada, or, if they did, I just never noticed. I’m surprised, if the responses I’m reading in this entry are accurate, Coke still does small (275 mL, I think) glass bottles year round in Canada but not in the United States.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 12/05/2004 9:53 PM

Now that you mention it, back when I remember coke bottles having that greenish tint. Wasn’t radioactive green or nothing, just subtle tint of green.

I really hate the whole "politically correct HOLIDAY" thing. I mean who really gets flat out "offended" because it’s called "X-Mas season" I mean, it’s not like X-Mas is still celebrated (widely) on a religious agenda. Its about the presents, Santa CLaus and not getting the Mega Dino Cruiser. I mean, I dont get upity when I watch the Rugrats Chanukah special when I don’t celebrate it. I watch and use it as an opportunity to learn about another culture instead of whine about how something other than what I believe is being represented. Oh and see Tommy and the babies get into another zany adventure! If anything the political correctness drained this season of its spirit. It’s Dec. 5th and it still doesnt feel like christmas is coming. Why? No Flinstones Christmas Crunch commercials on T.V. God bless Matt for making it available here.

Chestnuts roasted by James @ 12/05/2004 11:01 PM

Steve, I went to school in Ottawa for a year and it was a fun place. Skating on the Rideau Canal is cool and there’s a bar called the Cabin (its full name is longer but I don’t remember it) and it looks like a little log cabin. It’s fun if only for the novelty factor. And I’d agree with you about the Tom Green bit, I have hte video with that segment on it and I laugh my ass off.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 12/05/2004 11:21 PM

I hope everyone enjoyed Matt having fun at my expense. How would any of you like to be manhandled by a musclebound blond spikey-haired Australian freak for 72 takes? The guy couldn’t even pronounce "stockings" correctly. I am emotionally scarred for life, and will never again power up giant sized novelty toys the same way again. I hate you. I hate you all.

Chestnuts roasted by Giant Energizer Battery @ 12/06/2004 2:21 PM

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