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put on your Christmas jacket

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:29:14 -0800

Here's a fun collection of Vintage Christmas Album Covers, and more here at the Strange Christmas Album Covers Flickr set. Some flapjax faves from the Strange Christmas Album Covers Flickr set: Jul med Jularbo has gotta be one swingin' band... Santa Watch Your Claws... you KNOW that's GOT to be, uh, good... Nuttin' for Christmas for the creepy/somewhat disturbing puppetry action, and of course, the magnificent Heino. And I'm wondering if this musical offering from one Mrs. Mills was a sneaky attempt to cash in on the Mrs. Miller phenomenon...

a parable of rodents and men

madamjujujive — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:37:56 -0800

Peace on Earth - 1939 Disney animation directed by Hugh Harman. And Goodwill to Men, a 1955 remake by Hanna-Barbera.

Vintage Soviet Christmas Cards

Jimbob — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:06:33 -0800

Vintage Soviet-era Christmas Cards. They're certainly cheerful! (via)

Wishbook Web -- Christmas Catalogs through the 20th Century

Ufez Jones — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:16:24 -0800

Wishbook Web. Christmas catalogs scanned in their entirety from the 1944 Wards Catalog (152 pages) to the 1985 Sears Catalog (648 pages!). The site looks like it was built circa '97, but the scans are quite interesting. via - Similar posts to this one: 1, 2.

Old Christmas Tree Lights

taz — Sat, 07 Dec 2002 03:15:21 -0800

Another "magnificent obsession" site, seasonally spiced: oldchristmaslights.com is a huge attic space, packed to the rafters with illuminating images and information; history and pre-history, manufacturer backgrounds, timeline, patents, vintage advertising, trivia - it's all here, plus a "Light Set Gallery" and more. Plug in and enjoy.