{"id":1483,"date":"2023-12-14T17:31:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:31:53","slug":"tradition-be-damned-these-christmas-treats-are-way-beyond-their-best-before-dates-cbc-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/14\/tradition-be-damned-these-christmas-treats-are-way-beyond-their-best-before-dates-cbc-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition Be Damned: These Christmas Treats Are Way Beyond Their Best-Before Dates (CBC Comedy)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2022, I had an idea that had been rattling around in my head for a while. It started with my intense dislike of Christmas cake and spread to some of the other so-called treats that have become tradition at holiday time. However, many of these things date back hundreds of years, before we had things like, oh, say — sugar. So I decided it would be funny to make that point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I knew people would have their opinions and traditions, but I wasn’t expecting it to blow up the way it did. The article went nationally viral and I ended up doing some national radio and other promotional bits. People either agreed with me (or at least saw the satire and humour of it) — or they got incredibly angry at me for having a stupid, (un)funny opinion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seriously, the comments section is funnier than the article itself. People claiming I have some sort of anti-European agenda (wtf?), saying mean things about my Mom (for the record, her baking is amazing) and admonishing me for telling people how to think — as they’re telling me how to think. I even got private emails threatening me. Who makes death threats over mincemeat? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mom was actually quite bothered by all this, but I told her every weirdo trying to hurt me with words or threats are just more engagement for the article. I feel like Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars, their hate boosting my article. “Yessss…use your hate…good…”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway, follow the link to read the article. And for Santa’s sake, have fun with it. Disagree if you want, but realize that it’s comedy and it’s one dummy’s opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And yes, I know the difference between Christmas cake and pudding, etc — I just don’t give a shit enough to waste word count on the distinction). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/bad-christmas-treats-medieval-traditions-1.6680593<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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