Reese's Turned Gripes About Its Ugly Christmas Candy Into Funny Ads About Tree Shaming

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For those who've noticed Reese's building on its Halloween dominance by making uniquely shaped candies for other holidays, too, here's a little-known fact: It's been making Christmas tree-shaped peanut butter candies since 1993. 

But it wasn't until this year that anybody really paid attention, and not for the most flattering reason: The trees appear to be extra blobular this season, and fans have taken to Twitter to complain about the shape—which seems more fecal than festive.

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