{"id":15755,"date":"2014-12-19T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15755"},"modified":"2014-12-19T19:31:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:31:10","slug":"itll-be-christmas-when-i-see-the-coca-cola-lorry-looking-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/itll-be-christmas-when-i-see-the-coca-cola-lorry-looking-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"It’ll be Christmas when I see the Coca Cola lorry looking like this"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s been bad enough having irrelevant, commercialised American rubbish\u00a0like Black Friday and Cyber Monday thrust upon us Brits, but I really draw the line at this ludicrous Christmas Coca Cola lorry nonsense.<\/p>\n

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\"It'll<\/p>\n

Dreamt up in 1995 as part of a marketing campaign to shift more drinks in a traditionally quieter sales period, it has proved so successful that they’ve managed to persuade rational people that “It’s Not Christmas Until You’ve Seen The Coca Cola Lorry.”<\/p>\n

Yes, really. People actually say that.<\/em> And now people in the UK go out of their house to cheer this travelling advert on its way or gather to gorge themselves on free samples of the stuff.<\/p>\n

Join us at the Truck Tour events for your chance to have a photo taken with the famous truck to share with friends and family. Soak up the festive spirit with seasonal music and a free Coca-Cola!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I’m looking for some festive spirit I\u00a0certainly won’t find it next to a massive, exhaust-belching truck, and if I felt the need to ‘know when it’s Christmas’ – whatever that means \u00a0–\u00a0I certainly won’t be consulting a multi-national corporate with a record as dodgy as Coke’s.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rant over. Good night!<\/p>\n

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