Target takes heat for downplaying DIY moms

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Last year, I lambasted Target’s anti-Christmas Christmas ads. Now it seems some people think the retailer is out to destroy tradition again with a new ad, shown below, suggesting that homemade Halloween costumes are a bad idea. Bloggers are upset at this spot where a mom crafts a homemade Iron Man costume that falls apart when she goes to get the camera. They claim this ad is wrong because it's advocating buying instead of making.

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