Affiliate Window have posted a reminder on their blog that you should head over to their site at 3pm on Christmas day to claim a free present, if you have been collecting the "coins" in the run up to Xmas. There are 450 presents available, and 1200 affiliates who have collected coins. I forgot one week and have 7 coins collected.

Now, who wouldn't want a free gift at Christmas, and who knows what it might be. The gifts could be something totally cool, or they may not. But am I alone in thinking it's actually a little bit distasteful to promote some mad scramble for gifts between affiliates on what really should be a family day and a day away from all this.

Many affiliates have worked hard all year. There's a reasonable chance that affiliates will be relaxing with their families at 3pm on Christmas day, having perhaps just enjoyed their dinner or about to have it. Many will welcome the opportunity to get away from the family for five minutes no doubt, but others just won't be in a position to go logging onto Affiliate Window's website - and why should they.

I don't want to be churlish about it, and maybe I should just be a little more grateful, like Tiny Tim perhaps. It's a really nice idea to give Christmas presents to affiliates, and how they choose to do it is their call, but I just don't get the thinking behind attempting to disrupt what should really just be a day off for everyone. Personally I won't be near a computer, and may try and get on from my mobile phone, but the very idea behind the timing leaves a sour taste in my mouth - and that's usually a job best left to brussel sprouts on Christmas day.

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