A chocolate company making advent calendars purposely left the space for 8 December empty. In the wake of complaints the company say the advent calendar was designed with the same unequal distribution of chocolate as its bars, which highlights the use of slavery in the chocolate industry. Tony’s also acknowledged that it “failed to consider the difficulties empty windows can cause for our neurodivergent children and adults”.
I've no idea what 'neurodivergent children and adults” are - but I'll stick to Quality Street.
As well-intentioned as this sort of thing might be - and that, in my opinion, is debateable - it so often has its proponents climbing up their own bottoms. They remove a chocolate to highlight slavery and inadvertently succeed in upsetting others who they would also very much like to virtue signal all over. An 'oops' moment.
It might have had more impact had all the chocolates been laid along the bottom of the calendar, head to toe and with a little chain attached to each with the whole thing presented in an envelope depicting black and Arabic traders counting their loot as they waved the ship off.
Don't think Advent Calendars can be long for this world. This is the 3rd negative story I've seen about them this year.
They were a thing of great wonder when I were little. We only saw second hand ones sans chocolate. sob
^Slight fib. We had them in school or church but all they had behind the windows was stupid old religious stuff, donkeys, angels and such like.
We knew of the myth of the chocolate ones that celebrated the real meaning of Christmas.
I love the advent calendars for dogs and so does my dog, she gets so excited every morning when it's time to open another door and take the treat out !
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