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ltwilliammowett:

clove-pinks:

The “War of 1812 Scented Candle”, complete with miniature White House near the wick, is, I cannot emphasise this enough, AN ACTUAL REAL PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN BUY (even if it’s currently sold out).

The candle is funny enough by itself, but the ad copy on the maker’s website is gold (and surprisingly astute):

It goes on to add:

We should also\u00a0note that even though the British Army DID burn Washington, it was only after Americans had burned and looted the capital of Canada, as well as a bunch of other Canadian cities. But no one ever makes a candle about that! (Including us.)

THE BEST PART AND MOST \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 TAKE:

You forgot one thing :

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