Hershey’s celebrates 100 years of Kisses

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Not only is today Valentine’s Day, but this year marks the 100th birthday of Hershey’s Kisses. To celebrate, Hershey’s has put out an ad that doesn’t really weigh in on their product’s centennial whatsoever. (The Postal Service is issuing a Hershey’s Kisses stamp for the occasion.) The TV spot features a little-known side effect of global warming: chocolate hail. I would have liked, in one of the scenes, to see a cluster of meteorologists gesturing skyward and checking their barometers while yelling at each other, but alas.

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