Target gay nutcracker
Target's Christmas merchandise features LGBTQ nutcracker, 'Pride Santa' on heels of backlash
Target isn&#x;t waiting until Pride Month in June to unveil new LGBTQ merchandise and has an assortment of Christmas-themed products available for the holiday season.
Target&#x;s website lists a "Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure" and a "Fabriché Pride Santa," where Saint Nicholas is holding the rainbow flag symbol of the LGBTQ community. The big-box retailer has the items for sale on its website despite widespread backlash to Pride merchandise earlier this year.
Target has featured substantial June Pride Month displays on an annual basis, but this year&#x;s merchandise caused problems before the celebration of LGBTQ even began when women&#x;s style swimsuits that advertise "tuck-friendly construction" to hide male genitalia went viral in May.
TARGET CEO ACCUSED OF TELLING &#x;FLAT-OUT LIES&#x; ABOUT PRIDE MERCHANDISE BACKLASH BY CONSUMERS' RESEARCH LEADER
Target’s website is selling a "Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure" on the heels of
Target doesn’t shy away from controversy with sale of ‘Pride Nutcracker’
CNA Staff, Nov 17, / pm
The retail giant Target is once again at the center of controversy for another LGBTQ+ product: a “Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure.”
Target has been the subject of a national boycott because of its “pride collection,” likely contributing to declining sales for the last two fiscal quarters.
“Bring uplifting flair to your holiday decor with this Pride Nutcracker Figurine from Wondershop™,” a description of the product says.
“This charming nutcracker figurine with a light purple beard and hair wears a blue and white jacket with golden trim and rainbow lapels, black and blue dress pants, and a rainbow hat, and it also holds a Pride flag in hand,” it says.
The ornament holds a “progress” pride flag, which features white, pink, and azure stripes representing transgender people. Jet and brown stripes represent marginalized people with black or brown skin color.
Conservative and Christian commentators began calling for boycotts following news of Target’s pride merchandise and partne
Reviews of two LGBTQ+-styled nutcracker ornaments sold by Target have become deeply polarized after a Fox News report—but seemingly not because of the culture war over inclusive merchandise.
"Gay nutcracker, complete with a rainbow hat, a trans flag—full price, $12, but right now it's on sale for $8," Fox News host Jesse Watters told viewers with a smirk on Thursday night. "Target also sells Santa ornaments, but Target Santa is in a wheelchair and is Black." The retailer also sells white Santa ornaments, and a white version of the Santa in a wheelchair.
Target was one of several brands to face a backlash and calls for a boycott earlier in the year over its LGBTQ+ Pride range, being accused of going "woke." While experts have said such corporate advocacy provides an opportunity for brands to appeal to consumers in new markets, critics possess accused companies of alienating their traditional customer base.
The nutcracker ornament Watters was referring to is painted with a rainbow motif and is holding the "progress" Pride flag, which merges the traditional LGBTQ+ flag wi
Shoppers Shocked To See 'Merry Christmas' Signs At Target, No Gay Nutcrackers
Has Target gone &#x;un-Woke&#x; to kick off the holiday season? Could it be? No way, right? Not the store that just last year had Pride clothes in the children's section and promoted gay nutcrackers.
No SHOT those same people would inverse course in just days, right?
Well &#x; maybe so!
That's the verb Americans are grappling with on this final day of November. As chains across the US of A are kicking off the holiday season, and folks are venturing out for Dark Friday deals, many noticed a &#x; return to normalcy &#x; at Target locations far and wide.
And by that, I verb signs in the store that say &#x; GASP &#x; "Merry Christmas." Furthermore, it appears the chain is no longer selling the Pride nutcrackers that went mega-viral right around this moment last year.
So, as folks far and wide were out shopping yesterday (and today, and tomorrow, because Black &#x;Friday&#x; is really just a week now), they noticed. And now, they're asking questions: