The origal Deck The Halls lyric - 'Don we now our gay apparel' - has been altered by the Kansas-Cy based pany for s new le of holiday merchandise.
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- HALLMARK ORNAMENT HAS ‘DECK THE HALLS’ – WHOUT THE GAY APPAREL
- HALLMARK REPLAC THE WORD 'GAY' ON DECK THE HALLS HOLIDAY RATN
HALLMARK ORNAMENT HAS ‘DECK THE HALLS’ – WHOUT THE GAY APPAREL
Defn of Don we now our gay apparel It means we put on fancy, ftive clothg.|@Ruelae 's jt ed the holiday song 'Deck the Halls'. In ordary nversatn, one would probably say "We get drsed up." * what does gay apparel mean in deck the halls *
Company says "gay" has multiple meangs today. One of Hallmark’s ornaments for the holiday season is snowballg to some ntroversy followg the replacement of the word “gay” while quotg “Deck the Halls. The tradnal le om the famo Christmas song is “Don we now our gay apparel.
The change ed one Facebook er to ment on Hallmark’s official page, “It’s OK to be GAY!!
“When the lyrics to ‘Deck the Halls’ were translated om Gaelic and published English back the 1800’s, the word ‘gay’ meant ftive or merry, ” acrdg to a statement released Wednday.
HALLMARK REPLAC THE WORD 'GAY' ON DECK THE HALLS HOLIDAY RATN
One of Hallmark’s ornaments for the holiday season is snowballg to some ntroversy followg replacement of the word “gay” while quotg “Deck the Halls.” * what does gay apparel mean in deck the halls *
”That’s an alln to the le om “Deck the Halls”: “Don we now our gay apparel.
” But gay don’t mean what did the 19th century, when the rol’s words were wrten.
‘gay’ still means happy -- joyful -- I refe to let the word [be] hijacked by the same-sex relatnship muny, ” one Facebook menter wrote on the pany’s wall Thursday. Hallmark remov the word 'gay' om Deck The Halls holiday ornament sparkg fury om ctomers Lyric om the 19th century rol has been changed to: 'Don we now our FUN apparel'Hallmark said today: 'When the lyrics to Deck the Halls were translated om Gaelic and published English back the 1800s, the word gay meant ftive or has multiple meangs, which we thought uld leave our tent open to misterpretatn. ' Published: 17:31 BST, 31 October 2013 | Updated: 17:31 BST, 31 October 2013 Hallmark has provoked outrage and ridicule om s ctomers after changg the words of a tradnal Christmal rol on a ftive gdy, red sweater ornament has dropped the word 'gay' for the word 'fun' the lyric om the 19th-century rol Deck The Halls.