Walmart Canada apologized for selling a Christmas sweater that appeared to show Santa Claus doing cocaine.
The sweater showed Santa in front of a table with three lines of a white substance and the words “Let it snow.”
Walmart Canada pulled the sweater from its site, along with a few other “adult” Christmas sweaters.
One showed Santa Claus being spanked by Mrs. Claus, while another featured Santa, naked from the waist down, in front of a fireplace alongside the words “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.”
Insider.- “Ugly” Christmas sweaters have become a quintessential part of celebrating the holiday as an adult, but Walmart Canada is apologizing for one or two sweaters that many said went too far.
The blue sweater, designed by Fun Wear, features a wide-eyed Santa Claus sitting at a table and holding a straw. In front of him are three lines of a white substance, apparently cocaine. The words “let it snow” are below.
“We all know how snow works. It’s white, powdery and the best snow comes straight from South America,” the sweater’s description said. “That’s bad news for jolly old St. Nick, who lives far away in the North Pole.”
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“That’s why Santa really likes to savor the moment when he gets his hands on some quality, grade A, Colombian snow,” it continued. “He packs it in perfect lines on his coffee table and then takes a big whiff to smell the high quality aroma of the snow. It’s exactly what he needs to get inspired for Christmas Eve.”
It wasn’t the only Christmas sweater on Walmart Canada’s website to grab shoppers’ attention
One of the adult “ugly” sweaters on the site showed Santa Claus, naked from the waist down, fixing a stocking in front of a fireplace alongside the words “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.”
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Another sweater featured Santa Claus on his knees with his pants down while Mrs. Claus stands behind him with a whip.
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The “Santa Probe Ugly Sweater” showed Santa lying face-down on a table with his butt exposed. An alien stands behind him, holding a stick of some sort.
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“If you’re going to zip around the world using flying reindeer to deliver gifts to millions of homes in a single night, you probably should expect some inquisitive aliens to eventually wonder how you can do it,” the sweater’s description read.
Some people spotted the sweaters on Walmart Canada’s website on Saturday and posted about them on Twitter.
Walmart Canada apologized and pulled the sweaters from its website
“These sweaters, sold by a third-party seller on Walmart.ca, do not represent Walmart’s values and have no place on our website,” a spokesman told Canada’s Global News on Saturday. “We have removed these products from our marketplace. We apologize for any unintended offence this may have caused.”
While those sweaters have been removed from Walmart Canada’s website, there were still some “adult” Christmas sweaters on it on Monday.
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One $36 sweater featured Santa’s face and the words “Where my ho ho ho’s at?” while another showed Santa spanking a woman on his lap alongside the words “You’re on the naughty list.”
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“The front of this sweater has Santa Claus spanking the evil out of some ill-behaved woman who made the top of the naught list,” said the description for the sweater, which was listed as “unavailable” on the website.
A $26 sweater called “Santa’s Pee Break Naughty Adult Holiday Fun” showed Santa from behind with a long gold line shooting out in front of him.
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Representatives for Walmart and Fun Wear did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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