Happened on this satirical 2007 article while doing some research for an Advent class I'm teaching, and I love it:

"Like the crafty steward in Luke 16, we need to copy the prudence and cunning of the children of this world and market Advent with all the drive and initiative of a battalion of Macy's holiday shoppers. In late October Advent commercials would start to pepper our primetime television programs. There would be pitches from Bread for the World, Second Harvest, or the local food pantry or soup kitchen, reminding us to purchase our annual memberships and drop off a few cans at the local shelter....  And after the Thanksgiving Day parade, we would all settle in to watch the Advent Bowl, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities, or the United Appeal and featuring the Katrina Victims playing the Tsunami Survivors, with the proceeds going to all the folks still crammed in FEMA trailers.

...And every pop star and diva would release an Advent album, full of social justice psalms and old Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie hits about the poor and hungry and oppressed. Fans everywhere would dust off their Harry Chapin, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen, and U2 albums and settle in for a cup of Advent cheer.

CABLE AND THE NETWORKS WOULD BRING OUT the big Advent movies--like The Grapes of Wrath, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Motorcycle Diaries--with commercial breaks sponsored by various churches calling for conversion and repentance, and reminding us of a God that demands justice and righteousness for the poor. Of course politicians would buy ad time during these popular films.

...The lines at Hallmark would, unfortunately, be horrendous with all those last-minute Advent shoppers getting their cards and letters to send to congressional representatives, senators, and the president. There would be the cards demanding better protection for immigrants, the poor, and victims of domestic violence; cards calling for saner domestic and foreign policies; "peace and reconciliation" cards to be sent to our enemies and all the people our government has bombed and sanctioned; and the ever-popular "plowshare" cards, calling upon Congress to beat America's gargantuan military budget into something providing health care for 47 million uninsured Americans and offering at least as much foreign aid as Japan and Germany.

...Back at home, an escalating round of Advent parties would bring crowds of the blind, sick and lame into our homes. We would scour the highways and byways to find the hungry, sick, and poor to fill our Advent tables. And we would need to pick up extra towels and soap to wash the feet of all the folks we had over for dinner. Of course it would get awfully crowded at the bottom of the Advent table with everyone fighting for the lowest seats."