Vintage Christmas Ads

[Kitty]

It definitely looks 10s or teens! What a gorgeous get-up!

[donnie]

Coke had some great Santa ads.

[Kitty]

It's hard to figure out if some of these that you find on the 'net are real. This one's probably real.

[donnie]

This one's probably real.

Yes, think it is, because I can see other brand names of the same thing. My guess is it's just mica ground up into small particles to give a shiny effect like when sprinkled over white, cottony material. I tried to find a photo of what it would look like applied, but couldn't.

I remember when I was a child that we used to have a Christmas tree skirt made out of white batting-like material with kind of like colored glitter like pieces sprinkled onto it. It must have been something like that.

[Kitty]

I remember when I was a child that we used to have a Christmas tree skirt made out of white batting-like material with kind of like colored glitter like pieces sprinkled onto it. It must have been something like that.

We had that, too when I was little!

[donnie]

Well, you gotta have spoons...

[Kitty]

Everyone wants the lasting present --- a June tan....

[donnie]

Dig that drama in the background. I think a fight's a-brewin'. And right here at Christmas time.

[Kitty]

I don't know who 'elf' is....

[donnie]

So this is where it all started. That's an interesting ad. It looks like the artists drawing up the ad didn't have full information on the characters yet. Notice how Rudolph looks completely different. And the narrator Snowman looks a little different, too. Doesn't he have more of a defined goatee?

I don't know who 'elf' is....

That looks somewhat like the head elf, you know the one who's always fretting about the elves underperforming. I don't remember if he has a name.

That G on General looks unusual, doesn't it? I don't think I've ever seen it that way.