UNICEF Ad Turns Santa Claus into Poverty-Hating Jerk (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 5:31 AM
UNICEF turned Santa Claus into a poverty hating jerk this Christmas.
Then asks you for donations.
Sorry UNICEF, you bash Santa – you can go begging someplace else.
The New York Daily News reported:
Santa won’t bother going to poor countries this year, so the United Nations Children’s Fund will go instead — or at least that’s the message behind a satirical new UNICEF advertisement released in Sweden.
The video (below) shows a jolly Santa at his workshop desk upending a box that, to his surprise and disgust, contains nothing but medical supplies destined for an unspecified third world country.
In a sometimes confusing and grammatically questionable rant, Santa then explains why health care doesn’t make for good Christmas presents.
“This ain’t no Christmas gift. So, you buy this products for your friend, and all this stuff goes to poor kids? Like in Africa?” Santa asks, before skeptically examining a vaccine bottle with a magnifying glass, shaking a bottle of pills and squirting the contents of a syringe into the air.
The Santa depicted in the commercial doesn’t care much for the accompanying Christmas cards either.
“What am I supposed to say when I hand this out? Ho! Ho! Ho! Here’s your picture of the gift you never got?” Santa says, while holding up a card branded with the UNICEF trademark.
“I don’t do poor countries,” Santa says in a villainous tone.
The commercial closes with a written message from UNICEF saying “We go where Santa doesn’t — Buy your Christmas gifts at unicef.se.”
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oldguy commented:
You have to understand where this hostility toward Christmas is coming from. It’s coming from people who, for one reason or another, don’t have children.
RedBeard commented:
This is the UN, so expecting any policy other than this sort of bile is unreasonable.
The United Nations, another fairy tale utopian experiment that has failed utterly in real life.
Tom in CA commented:
With all due respect, Old Guy, I don’t think that is true. It is coming from a liberal group of folks out to disrespect anything to do with Christmas, Christianity. It is a constant drumbeat of propaganda aimed at young folks. They could have just as easily put out a commercial without the backhanded swipes, but they have an agenda.
Greg commented:
Another good reason to tell,not ask, the UN to go find another country for their headquarters. This Christmas advertisement in addition to trying to start global taxation ought to go viral and surely the Boehner House will require stopping
Patty commented:
Kids are in another T. V. commercial focus is on more aid. It has been playing over and over.
I wish I could find it. Now, Santa Clause is a scrooge. But more importantly, the real scrooges and pathetic losers who make these ads aren’t thinking about the kids and what they are thinking of Santa Claus this Christmas.
Now, the morons have put an imagine in the Kids eyes that is sad about Santa Claus. This is gone to far and it is becoming a real serious problem. Ad should be pulled but the takeover of the radicals is another thing Americans have to fight among all the other problems we face with out kids, they leave parents with another discussion with the little children at Christmas.
These people are the most depressing and such anger they have at Christmas time just for money.
There are organizations that are giving, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Toys for Tots list goes on. Unicef has catalogs they market many items you can buy, that is one thing but this has gone to far and I will never donate ever again.
Patty commented:
Sad but many more people won’t be donating to UNICEF for this very reason. This unconscionable ad. They have done the opposite of what was intended.
NorthernX commented:
Most poor African countries also happen to be overwhelmingly Muslim too, so too bad. No Holy Spirit means no Christmas cheer for you…
Having said that, I’ve spent Christmas in some impoverished nations like Mexico and the Philippines, and I can say first hand that the Spirit of Christmas is very much alive in those countries–touchingly so. These people are truly grateful for their blessings however meager…
bg commented:
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..THEY ARE WHAT THEY PROJECT OTHERS TO BE..
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bg commented:
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BILLIONS are spent via UN perks, diplomatic
immunities, lunches, refurbishings, etc, etc..
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Multitude commented:
I’m confused. I thought per the prior GWP post that the UN, as led by the U.S. initiative, opposed such discriminations of religions. I quote:
“The U.N. General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution condemning the stereotyping, negative profiling and stigmatization of people based on their religion.”
Which post is incorrect? Was the latter a condemnation of profiling of ISLAMIC people based on their MUSLIM religion? Are some religions created more equal than others? Why are my Jewish friends laughing their asses off at my naivety right now? What’s that you say about Obama’s faith again?
Patty commented:
UNICEF is in trouble. Donations must be way down. They would have to be when they dream up something like this. And some countries may not find this bad but in America whether there are many cultures, we still love Santa Claus because the joy he brings to our children.
UNICEF has just destroyed the joy if even if for a minute. I would hope parents write and complain and get this thing out of our childrens’ life.
And there are other places for us to donate our money at Christmas time or any time.
bg commented:
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..THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT AD..
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donh commented:
The Island of Misfit Toys …Just one of hundreds of examples where the Christmas tradition embraces leper colonies….>> http://youtu.be/5SH1j1luFOw
Patty commented:
OT- got to love this one. Rush was talking about this yesterday or day before. LOVE THESE FEEL GOOD STORIES
Michelle Obama’s Unsavory School Lunch Flop
http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/12/21/michelle_obamas_unsavory_school_lunch_flop
bg commented:
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OT..
Salvation Army at war with itself
["When I read [the international group's position] I was stunned,” confirmed Major George Hood, chief communications officer for Salvation Army USA. “It appears that the International Social Justice Commission worked on a position statement through the London office that does not reflect the position we’ve taken in the U.S. on abortion.
“When I saw the language,” Hood continued,
“there was smoke coming out of both my ears.”]
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Patty commented:
Ornaments on 63ft Christmas tree outside U.S. Capitol pay tribute to Obama… but not Jesus
No ornament with words ‘Christmas’ or ‘Jesus’ on tree
Nativity scene also can’t be seen on Sierra White Fir
But ornament saying ‘I love President Obama’ is seen
Tree officials say there are no restrictions on themes
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076670/US-Capitol-Christmas-tree-ornaments-pay-tribute-Obama–Jesus.html#ixzz1hBR7Q42S
Erik commented:
I’m a bit surprised at this, when I first saw it I saw so sure it was directed by Roy Andersson. He usually does stuff like this, he is firmly politically connected and has impeccable leftwing credentials. He gets to do a lot of ads for leftwing parties, government agencies and NGOs, so doing UNICEF would be right up his alley. The only difference is that this one has more colors in it, he usually uses grayish and depressing sets, right out of Soviet Russia. And all his ads has a “deeper political message” behind them.
So I was kind of surprised when is turns out this one wasn’t his doing.
It seems an actual ad agency actually thought this was a good idea. Or UNICEF came up with the idea themselves and the ad agency didn’t have much choice if they wanted the contract.
Suprsvc01 commented:
left-wing lunatic a$$wipes…
MAJ Mike commented:
Are U.N. “Peacekeepers” still rapng children?
wanumba commented:
Hold on, this background :
UNICEF has a separate budget from the UN.. relying heavily on private donations and donor contributions for projects.
Each country has private UNICEF-foundations that organize the fund-raising in that country for UNICEF.
It was the Sweden private organization that cooked that appeal up .. targeted to the Liberal Left Swedes to provoke their guilt trips.
Pretty obvious that would go “splat” in the USA, but it’s not aimed at Americans. We don’t even know yet whether the Swedes would be pissed, too, possibly…bad marketing decisions are hardly rare in any industry… but maybe that Sweden commitee knows their population. They are not on a UNICEF payroll, it’s voluntary.
UNICEF runs better MUCH better than most UN agencies, and delivers to very remote locations in very difficult conditions. The staff generally are far better motivated and focused than in other UN agencies.
Over one million African kids are at the threshhold of mass starvation across the African Sahel due to drought. UNICEF and World Food Program (WFP) are together gearing up for funding appeals and cooperative delivery systems, so being ticked at a bunch of Liberal Left Swedes up in Sweden who have cooked up a knucklehead funding drive may translate to a lack of concern about the very very real abject suffering UNICEF is actually trying to ameliorate. The magnitude of this crisis is going to hit the news very soon, a cross-border famine that involves numerous very poor countries.
66chevelle commented:
It must be a theme this year, what with the Best Buy commercials where mom thugs up on poor Santa. Poor guy…he’s either a hater or he’s incompetent.
Next thing you know, they’ll have him signing a Non-Aggression Pact with the Grinch.
Galt commented:
Ugh…
mcc commented:
This from Sweden? It’s loaded with muslims. Or at least enough to step up the push…
All part of the campaign to destroy the foundations/customs of our society and replace it with theirs.
How long before we wake up to an America completely foreign to us? Some say this might be our last election…let’s hope it’s not our last Christmas either.
Little Orenthal commented:
There’s an interesting paradox at play here that I don’t think unicef was smart enough to get. The people at the top of unicef are big libs who hate.. HATE Christmas, and western civ to begin with, but then complain that part of the culture of western civ (Christmas and Santa) isn’t being spread to non western parts of the world. Bizarre to say the least
Something a middle schooler with a chip on their shoulder about evil white people would say without irony
Thomas Jackson commented:
Why do we belong to the UN? Send it to Iran along with its entire staff.
Jesusland commented:
Wow. Just wow. These people just can’t help themselves.
Adi commented:
unicef.se is a Swedish domain. A country full of nazi collaborators, now turned socialists.
Mary De Voe commented:
The children Trick or Treated for UNICEF and UNICEF bought guns with the money. Some time ago, my children were little and I remember going out with them on Halloween
Mary De Voe commented:
@Thomas Jackson: When Hillary Clinton could not a gun ban in the U.S., our Secretary of State went before the U.N., prostituted our sovereignty, and got a small weapons ban treaty which the International Court can make stick. The U.N. is trying to get the power to tax us. The three things the U.N. wanted was a standing army, and International Court and the power to tax us, So, if we do not pay our taxes to the U.N., the U. N. will send an army to bring us to the International Court. that’s why