Backstory: Christmas Advertisements

Christmas Past

Brian Earl

History, Society & Culture, Holidays, Kids & Family, Christmas

4.9 • 791 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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You may cringe at the idea that Christmas advertisements are a legit Christmas tradition. But they're undeniably part of the atmosphere of the season...and have an interesting history behind them. Fun Links Genuine Chit Chat: In this episode we hear from Mike, host of Genuine Chit Chat. Check him out on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcastsChristmas in America: The book by Penne Restadt, the expert guest in this episodeMusic from this episode “Pipe Dreamz” — Matt Oakley, via Free Music Ar...

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0:00.0	Teddy Ruxman and Laser Tag.
0:07.0	Laser Tag.
0:08.0	That's the one I was thinking of there.
0:09.0	Because I don't think any of us had the Ruxpin.
0:11.0	No.
0:12.0	We didn't have laser tag either.
0:14.0	Didn't we?
0:15.0	No, I always wanted it.
0:17.0	No.
0:18.0	My brother Chris and I are taking a little stroll down memory lane.
0:22.2	We grew up in New England, mainly during the 80s, the best decade to be a kid at Christmas.
0:28.1	The best decade period, if you ask me.
0:30.9	Rubik's Cubes and E.T. and Star Wars and Teddy Ruxpin and He-Man and Pac-Man and Atari, Michael Jackson, and Transformers.
0:39.8	I mean, seriously, I feel sorry for anyone who wasn't a kid during the 80s.
0:44.8	It was, to use an 80s phrase, totally awesome.
0:49.3	And the Christmas season would kick off every year with the arrival of those thick, glossy papered
0:54.8	catalogs from Sears and Service merchandise. We'd dog ear the corners of pages that displayed
1:00.8	Ewok villages, magic tricks sets, remote control race cars and robots. We'd stare and dream and drop
1:08.7	not-so-sut subtle hints to our parents.
1:11.6	It was just as much a part of celebrating the season as trimming the tree, hanging stockings,
1:16.6	and making cookies.
1:18.6	Now you may wince at the idea that advertising is a proper Christmas tradition.
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