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December 28, 2007
I will now describe the illustrations on the boxes of Celestial Seasonings tea bags (from the archives)
Cinnamon Apple Spice
A woman is picking apples and placing them in a basket. The basket, curiously, has no handle and so she has to kind of cradle it under one arm. This can't be comfortable. But she seems happy enough. I wonder why she doesn't set the basket down as she's picking. That's what I would do. Also, there is a golden retriever in the background that appears to have three tails.
Gingerbread Spice
A gingerbread man and a gingerbread lady are skating on a frozen pond. But instead of regular ice skates, guess what they're using? Candy canes! How precious is that? There is a wooden sign that says "Thin Icing" -- an indication that the seemingly carefree gingerbread couple is in serious, life-threatening peril.
Country Peach Passion
A man is kissing a woman on the cheek. The woman does what women in black-and-white movies do when kissed, i.e., she sort of kicks one leg back, bending at the knee. Do women really do that? And if so, why? And if not, why do they do it movies and in this illustration? Anybody?
Oh, and the man is leaning on an enormous, waist-high peach. The thing must weigh, like, 200 pounds. Imagine the tree that produced this peach. If this peach fell on you, you would die. Instantly. I'm serious. This is one big freaking peach.
Posted by teb at December 28, 2007 08:24 AM