robotech_master | The spirits of the season...

Here's a holiday headscratcher for you. Showing a bit more creativity than, perhaps, good taste, the city of Oslo is engaging in an ad campaign that attempts to unite the traditional (religious) and modern (commercial) aspects of the Christmas season...by, well, putting up posters of Jesus with a CD as a halo and a price tag over his head.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=681993

The Oslo City shopping mall has started a campaign to spur Christmas buying that they say reminds consumers of what the holiday meant, and what it has become. But plenty of people find the promotion - a large banner depicting Jesus Christ with a CD as a halo and a price tag over his head - tasteless.

"To be honest I didn't react to it so negatively at first glance. It is a reminder to shoppers about what Christmas is really about, namely, that God gave his son Jesus Christ to us all," said dean Olav Dag Hauge.

What he didn't notice the first time was that the halo shining behind Jesus' head is a compact disc. This week smaller poster versions of the image are being put up all over the city, and here one can read "CDs (NOK) 149,50 ($22)" over his head, with a CD still acting as a halo.

I give them points for at least trying...however, in terms of "odd combinations that taste great together," this one seems to be less like the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups formula and more like turkey and gravy flavored soda pop.