Supermarket Pulls 'Merry Ham-mas' Bag As Christmas Pun Falls Flat

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supermarket was forced to pull one of its festive items and apologise following concerns over a Christmas pun: “Merry Ham-mas!”

Kmart released a drawstring bag with this phrase written in large letters on the side as part of its Christmas collection, but the Australian Jewish Association suggested it could be seen as an unintentional reference to the ongoingThe bag was designed to store a Christmas ham in the fridge, as the meat is normally centre stage for Australian Christmas holidays. On the other side of the bag were instructions “to keep your ham fresh for longer” according to the product page.

Although this is potentially funny it's really not a good look., the Australian Jewish Association said it had been contacted by senior management at the parent company with confirmation it would be removed from the site. The retail chain’s owners, Wesfarmers, apologised, and as of Thursday morning, the product was no longer accessible on the Kmart site.“When designing this product we clearly didn’t think through all the implications and the product has been removed from sale.

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