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8 vintage Christmas ads that call for coal in the stocking

Posted by / December 11, 2014

Advertising is a great way to get a glimpse into how a culture or era thinks, but there are some Christmas memories we’d rather forget than cherish.

Neatorama’s John Farrier has eight doozies it might be fun to run by Grandma after she’s hit the eggnog to find out what she really thought back in the day.

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Full story at Neatorama.

Mid-century, anything-but-modern advertising.

Graphics credit: Canva

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