Greggs bakery has upset a lot of people with an advertisement for their Christmas calendar where the Nativity scene is depicted with a partially eaten sausage roll in place of the baby Jesus.
A spokesman for Greggs said: "We're really sorry to have caused any offence, this was never our intention."
Can I just cut through the bullshit with my bespoke bullshit cutting knife? Greggs replaced Our Saviour, The Lord Jesus Christ with a SAUSAGE ROLL, and no one expected to offend anyone? Now I'm no devout Catholic but this is absolute horse shite. I'm not having any of it. My bet is that this is simply a PR stunt and look they've got their wish to drum up some cheap publicity for their advent calendar.
Welp, if nothing else it does make for a hilarious photo:
The Twitter reaction did offer up some humourous thoughts on the fiasco:
Greggs are in trouble for replacing a photo of Jesus with a photo of a sausage roll on their advent calendar. Well Jesus isn't real and sausage rolls are so I know which one offends me more. #greggs
— Josie Gray (@josiefarmer123) November 15, 2017
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Christ the savory snack was born on December 25th, right? #Greggs
— Michael Gillett | #WIMVP (@MichaelGillett) November 15, 2017
Will the church wafers representing the body of Christ now be replaced with Greggs sausage rolls? #greggs
— Freyja Handy (@freyjahands) November 15, 2017
* whistles *
* avoids eye contact *
* walks sideways out of the room *
Susej roll. #Greggs pic.twitter.com/CjyUMzvzJ3
— Brandy Snap (@Brandy_Snap) November 15, 2017
Well, Jesus is susej backwards. #Greggs
— Matt Turner (@MattTurner4L) November 15, 2017
