Sony Reader: The Christmas Carol and Furby of 2009

If you watch any TV at all, you’ve probably seen Best Buy’s current Christmas commercials: a bunch of none-too-attractive carolers offer musical gift-giving advice to annoyed-looking people, replacing the words to classic carols with cheery advertisements for popular gifts, one of which is the Sony Reader.

Folks have been complaining about these carolers all over the Web (as they should–what is the Web for if not complaining, and what are carolers, commercials, and Best Buy for if not complaining about): Gizmodo,