Christmas Interlude #8 – Strange Christmas Ads Dec22 by John Greco Smokin’ Santas, smokin’ guns, smokin’ sex! Have yourself a very strange Christmas. Here are some ads from Christmas past. Click on the ad to get a larger view. About these ads Share this:Like this:Like Loading...
Strange is right! All amazing, especially the one of the family cuddling the Christmas guns – quite surreal.
Judy, that one really got to me also. Bizarre!
As luck would have it, in today’s entry at “Carole & Co.”, I close with Stan Freberg’s acerbic (and accurate) 1958 recording “Green Christmas,” in which the master satirist takes aim at advertising’s corruption of the holiday. Find it at
http://community.livejournal.com/carole_and_co/266249.html
I remember some years ago picking up a 45PRM (may have been a reissue) of that classic. I haveto take a listen – have not heard it in years.
Boy those smoking adds with Santa (“puff for puff Pall Mall is better!”) and the family with the rifles are something! Ha!
Yes, that rifle one got me too!
I guess those were the days when America was a free country. No wonder they look bizarre.