Happy holidays! If there’s one thing we can count on during the Christmas season besides Thanksgiving being overlooked, feelings being hurt when the newlyweds still have to sit at the kids table, and signing up for a jingle bell run but sleeping in instead, it’s Christmas commercials. There are the stars like this one from Publix and this one from Amazon, but throwing their Santa hat into the (reindeer) mix is Microsoft Copilot. Check out their 2025 commercial then scroll down for more…
So Mrs. Claus is black. Statistically and traditionally this is a stretch but that’s not where the creative license ends with this ad. There’s yet another interracial couple and an Asian woman with a golden retriever. I’ve never met an Asian person who has a golden retriever, no offense! I thought all this pandering (or is it political correctness?) crap was behind us? I have no problems with interracial couples or anyone who wants to own a golden retriever. My issue is with the presentation of the product. It’s not necessary to pack in every type of every race in every commercial. It’s completely acceptable to have an all-black cast, an all-Asian cast, or to have Santa and Mrs. Claus be white. What’s next– Changing the classic lyrics… “May all your Christmases be whiiiittte and ethnically diverse…”?
Get a grip, Microsoft. I’m calling it– this ad will NOT go down as a holiday classic.
-Out of the Wilderness
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