Christmas Specials and Cartoons

Well hi there and welcome to the blog! 

Next week is July 25th which means it's time for Christmas in July! This year, I've found a gem. Commercials are a big part of our culture and they tend to show off the pulse of the time period.

 This year, I want to share a collection of commercial breaks from Bing Crosby's final Christmas television special - Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas.  I hope you enjoy this look back to 1977.

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This is an ad for two upcoming specials on CBS. It follows a bumper for the movie White Lightning with Burt Reynolds. I tried to edit that part out but it reduced the quality.

Any of us who are fans of Rudolph, Charlie Brown, or Frosty the Snowman will remember little things about watching those specials. For instance we remember that during the 70's and 80's Dolly Madison snack cakes sponsored the Charlie Brown specials. One little thing that is gone now is the lead in that proceeded all of our favorite holiday specials on CBS.

Here for your enjoyment is that lead in.

As I said in the earlier post, I have a few bumpers (lead-ins) that give a peak into our culture during Christmases past. This is an NBC bumper that, judging from the content, was probably from 1979.

I hope you enjoy these.