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Wretched Excess Citation

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David Ellis

L.A. GEAR

The troubled leisure-wear company has unveiled a series of holiday commercials that compare the supposedly meager gift-giving traditions of other cultures with the loaded-down Christmas excess in the U.S. The spots’ self-satisfied tag line: “Aren’t you glad you live in America?”

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