Fun Fact #19: There is such a thing as a "Precious Moments" casket

I've never been a fan of "Precious Moments" figurines. It's okay if others like them (each to their own after all), but I personally find them to be cloyingly sentimental. Maybe it's because I'm somewhat emotionless and don't like overly religious things, but the figurines just kind of creep me out. I tend to have a relatively cynical view of life, and "Precious Moments" products seem to embody a polar opposite view.

Even though I hate them, a lot of people are totally obsessed with them. I guess some people are obsessed to the point that they want to buried for all eternity in a casket with creepy little dolls all over it. Yes, there is a "Precious Moments" casket and it's every bit as glorious as one would imagine it to be.

This is the lovely casket. I can only kind of imagine the individual who would want to be buried in such a casket, and it's a pretty depressing image.

But if a burial isn't your thing, there's nothing to be depressed about because there's also an urn!
The urn even has a creepy figurine proudly attached to it. Imagine the questions that would be asked if you had this displayed in your house. Kids would probably assume it was a toy or something and knock the whole thing over.

The whole "Precious Moments" obsession just confuses me. There must be a market for the casket and urn, otherwise they wouldn't be made. The level that the obsession must reach in order to want to be buried in that casket just amazes me. I mean I was obsessed with Titanic during what was probably my least cynical phase, but I never wanted to be buried in a casket shaped like a replica of the boat or anything.