Uh oh! Parents are mad at Netflix for ruining Christmas
Plus: a nativity scene's anti-ICE message divides a church.
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Parents with Netflix accounts can’t believe the audio that pops up when loading the app—and that it’s ruining the magic of Christmas.
The extremely loud backlash from Oprah’s “no contact” episode continues.
A Massachusetts church has gone viral after replacing part of its nativity scene with a message about ICE.
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“Thank goodness my kid wasn’t paying attention”: Parents are mad at Netflix’s Matt Rife special for spoiling Christmas
Parents are not pleased after Netflix surprised them with an unexpected Christmas spoiler courtesy of comedian Matt Rife. The streaming service recently dropped Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special.
When viewers opened the app, they were shown an autoplaying clip from the show. It opened on Rife, casually stating that parents, not Santa, placed gifts under the tree at Christmas.
“I will leave the country”: Oprah’s podcast stirs millennial fears over “filial laws,” responsibility over their baby boomer parents
A recent episode of The Oprah Podcast has people looking up whether their state of residence has filial responsibility laws on the books. Oprah Winfrey discussed the increasingly common act of going “no contact” with family, which brought up these widely forgotten laws from the days before Medicare and Medicaid. Some are now connecting the sudden concern over kids going no contact to the right-wing attacks on these social supports.
“His worshipers are furious”: Church swaps Jesus for “ICE was here” nativity display message, and some Catholics are pissed
A church in Massachusetts is getting people all riled up after they displayed a nativity scene with a message about ICE.
St. Susanna Parish, a Roman Catholic church in Dedham, removed the traditional figures of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus from their nativity display this Christmas. In their place is a sign that reads “I.C.E. WAS HERE” in bold, handwritten letters.
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