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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8411894.stm

A Christmas card has been withdrawn from two Tesco stores in York after complaints that it makes fun of children with ginger hair.

The card shows a child with ginger hair sitting on the lap of Santa Claus, and the words: "Santa loves all kids. Even ginger ones."

Davinia Phillips, 30, of York, whose three daughters are redheads, said she found the card offensive.

Tesco said it was sorry if the card had "caused any upset".

Ms Phillips, of Dringhouses, York, spotted the card while visiting her Tesco store in the city's Tadcaster Road.

She said: "I picked it up and I couldn't believe it.

"I just thought 'What is so funny about that?' I didn't really get the joke.

"I thought I would buy it, because I wanted proof that I had seen it."

Ms Phillips, herself a natural redhead, added: "The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I got and I told the lady who worked in the store I was not happy."

'Absolutely disgusted'

When Ms Phillips returned to the shop later that evening she said the card had been removed.

She added that the card had also been withdrawn from the Tesco branch at Clifton Moor, York, after her sister-in-law complained.

"I thought maybe it was just me because I am a mother of kids with red hair, but a lot of my friends and other people I know, we are absolutely disgusted," Ms Phillips said.

"Society comes down hard on how people look and there are so many children these days who are bullied because of how they look.

"If the card had been about an overweight child then the shop would have been shut down, and so would the people who made the card."

A Tesco spokesman said: "We sell a large range of Christmas cards, including some which are intended to be humorous. It is never our intention to offend any customer and we are sorry if this card caused any upset."

He added that they were still deciding whether to remove the card from other Tesco stores.

Card manufacturer, Essex-based Quitting Hollywood, said it had no comment to make.
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Time for some thicker-skin I think.

"Society comes down hard on how people look and there are so many children these days who are bullied because of how they look."

Yes, let's battle the wrongs in society by hushing them up. If she really wanted to help make society a better place she should be raising children who do not give away that form of influence over them to the mob. People can say what they want about appearance, but if you simply refuse to give them that influence they will have nothing on which to feed.
 
What the ****?

Society is going down the pan, if I could meet her I'd punch her right in the babymaker, the fun ruining little ****!

People take all the fun out of stuff these days :(
 
Marine Iguana said:
i will now pick on all ginger people from now on to show my disgust :mad:
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As will I. Send them my way :mad:

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atpbx said:
My wife is a red head (not ginger, but proper red) and she sticks it to the gingers like there is no tomorrow.
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Hmmm and the difference is what? As far as I can tell they are one and the same :cool:
Redhead, ginger, strawberry blond it's all the same **** :)
 
I saw this on the local news last night. Being a Daywalker myself, I must admit to being every so slightly offended, but still thought it was pretty funny. Much like the South Park 'Ginger Kids' episode. It's all bant, even if it is a little harsh.
 
To be honest I find this card to be pretty offensive. To suggest Santa actually loves ginger kids is a bit of slur on his character... :)
 
"Santa loves all kids. Even black ones." No matter what colour, that's innaproprtiate in todays society.
 
dun said:
"Santa loves all kids. Even black ones." No matter what colour, that's innaproprtiate in todays society.
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so are all the funny cards for birthdays then.

lets just ban any card that may be deemed funny even if it only offends 1 person for every million
 
They look more blonde than ginger, but that might just be the lighting.

Is this a good time to mention that I have ginger hair?
 
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