This is one import from China that should be dumped like tea in the harbor. If any of you have been subject to "Hip Swinging Santa" you will immediately know what I mean.
My sister-in-law has a weakness for cheap, plastic shit made in China. She graced us one year with Hip Swinging Santa which plays an 8bit audio rendition similar of that to an 80's videogame of "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." My kids thought it was the greatest thing ever. The dog barks at it constantly. The cat arches his back and hisses at it. My husband wants to place it near his Budweiser Christmas beer stein collection. AUG!!!!!
Me??? Well, after just *one* round I was ready to rip Santa's head off as I thought it was annoying as hell.
Exactly who thinks of this shit? Just think of the initial brain fart surrounding the invention and initial marketing of Hip Swinging Santa. I can just hear the conversation now. "Oh wow, we can make MILLIONS off a cheap, tacky, annoying, hip swinging Santa that plays poor quality music!"
"Who would be so stupid to purchase such an idiotic item?"
"Americans. They will buy anything as goddesses forbid they actually use their money for something useful like their house payment, education, or retirement."
Each year I throw Hip Swinging Santa out in the trash. Each year they bring it back in.
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