I’m gonna agree with Double and Jimmy, this would have been much better as an LO. It has an interesting premise, a home slowly being filled with presents does sound deceivingly light and joyous, but it just doesn’t go anywhere with it.
I’d like to add unto the other criticisms that this just doesn’t fit Amazing!Co.’s MO. After some talking, I’ll rescind this point, but also bring something esle up. This does look like something A!Co. could do, but the article itself lacks a buildup - and not in the sense that it suddenly jumps up in intensity or tension, but that nothing really occurs.
I was constantly waiting some breaking point, where they smuggle in some sort of dangerous anomaly inside of the toys, or if someone got in danger under a pile of presents, or Hell even some Cat in the hat movie type of situation where the tree transforms the inside of the house into some kind of toy nightmare house. But no, there is nothing. The theme of consumerism is there in one log, but it is hard to believe that this was made by the same group that made a Christmas song compilation with half of the playlist killing you and the second half being earrape.
Needs much, much more work to make something like this important and relevant enough for the mainlist.
