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.”
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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
* what does gay 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.
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HALLMARK REPLAC THE WORD 'GAY' ON DECK THE HALLS HOLIDAY RATN
“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 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.
' 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. The origal le - 'Don we now our gay apparel' - has been altered by the Kansas-Cy based pany for s new le of holiday merchandise. 'Furthermore your ridiculo attempt at polil rrectns assum that homosexuals drs differently.