Have you noticed how much fun the folks behind Cards Against Humanity have been having with their eight "sensible" gifts for Hanukkah promotion? Participants paid $15 to the Chicago-based makers of the raunchy card game in return for eight gifts, delivered throughout December. Thus far, they've received three pairs of socks, a year-long membership to public radio station WBEZ and helped give the card game's overseas printers a week off.
Last night, Cards Against Humanity unveiled the promotion's most ambitious gift to date: The game-makers have used a portion of the funds raised from the Hanukkah promotion to purchase Tête de Faune, an original 1962 Picasso. The piece will either be donated to the Art Institute of Chicago or laser cut into 150,000 tiny pieces that will be sent to each of the subscribers. Participants will be able to vote to determine what happens to the Picasso painting from December 26 to 31. We're hoping they make the right choice.
Before you get up in arms about the potential destruction of a valuable piece of art, you should know that this may all be a clever ruse. Based on records obtained from an auction house, Verge claims the Picasso piece that Cards Against Humanity has purchased may simply be a signed print of the original painting.
There's still one more gift to be revealed in Cards Against Humanity's Hanukkah promotion. Last year, the company bought a private island on a lake in Maine (which it named "Hawaii 2") for its fans. Who knows what crazy stunt the company will pull to mark the end of 2015.