CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN!
Greetings all, and welcome to the 4th of December, 2007! The new year is fast approaching, so I hope everyone is busy picking out some resolutions to stick to. I'm resolving to spend more time on an aircraft carrier in 2008. Not that I have much of a choice...it just seems more rewarding to set goals I can reach. Climbing Everest seems to be out of the picture for a while, so I'll just stick with what I know.
Did Santa ever deliver a whole mess of candy, in addition to your presents? Around my house, Christmas morning meant more than wrapped gifts - the coffee tables, entertainment center and pretty much any available flat surfaces were transformed into chocolate wonderlands. Bowls of red and green M&M's, shiny foil-wrapped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Lifesavers Sweet Storybooks, and every manner of chocolate shaped like reindeer, christmas trees and, of course, Santa Claus himself. Which brings me to today's topic:
Crisp Kringle! I think that jolly old Saint Kringle Claus has made an appearance at every Christmas I've ever had. He's always got the same crooked smile, the same massive forehead and he's never without that gift, which conveniently bears his name. If you've never taken a bite out of Crisp Kringle, he's a lot like a Nestle Crunch Bar. A Nestle Crunch Bar shaped like a fat guy. Which is what YOU'LL become if you eat too many! Hiyooo! Anyway, let's see what he's made of.
Well, Crisp Kringle really loses a lot of the wrapper's detail once you get him undressed, but it's still a nice effort to translate his attire into a chocolate mold. At least the beard is pretty well-detailed. His gift is a clean slate, so I suppose you could make a game out of unwrapping all the Crisp Kringles and etching your own messages on the box. Things like, "POOP" or "NO FAT CHICKS" or "HAPPY CHANUKAH!" I'm not exactly sure how the 'Double' Crisp comes into play. There's crisped rice inside, that's one half of it. Maybe they're referring to the cheap, hard chocolate they use? Could be! In any event, I love ol' Crisp Kringle, and you should, too! You can pick up a pack of these guys at pretty much any store in the country, so keep your eyes peeled if you wanna give a good home to 3 edible, foil-wrapped Mall Santas!
We're starting to dig into the real meaning of Christmas Commercials now, and breakfast cereals have never been shy about dressing up their boxes and marshmallows for the holiday. Even in a time when it's considered rude to call your product 'Christmas' anything, for political correctness, Cap'n Crunch is still out there selling straight-up CHRISTMAS CRUNCH, full of red and green crunch berries. Kellogg's brings the whole gang together to warm our hearts in this clip. Let's roll it!
Click to viewPoor little tree. It's a good thing all of our favorite cereal heroes showed up to give it a good home. Snap, Crackle and Pop, Dig 'Em, even Toucan Sam came out of the jungle to see the snow! And Tony The Tiger brought along his son, Tony Jr.! While I'm noticing it here, I've gotta tell ya - the popcorn on the string thing never made much sense to me. Is money ever so tight that you have to decorate your tree with popcorn? Seriously? If anybody out there is so broke that they have to use Jiffy Pop on their tree, let me know. I'll send you a box of garland. But yes...it was awfully nice of Kellogg's to wish us all a happy holiday without necessarily pushing a brand on us...but I sure could go for a bowl of Frosted Fruit-Rice Smack Flakes! Happy Tuesday, everybody!
Paul