1965 Family Circus Christmas pictures

"We'll put them up again in 3 weeks-this was just or our Christmas card picture."

1960's The Better Half comic

1970's cartoon with Rudolph

Suddenly, I have a dreadful urge to be Merry

1972 GRIN AND BEAR IT

CHARLES ADDAMS CHRISTMAS CARTOON

"I don't think that little boy next door had a very nice Christmas."

1942 CHARLES ADDAMS CAROLING CARTOON

1967 BLONDIE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

I am old enough to remember the introduction several classic Christmas specials. I remember A Charlie Brown Christmas, Little Drummer Boy, How the Grinch stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Frosty The Snowman. I'm going to spend the next few weeks getting more information about these specials and posting my memories of the shows.

ADDAMS FAMILY AFTER CHRISTMAS CARTOON

"I don't think that little boy next door had a very nice Christmas."

FIRESTONE TIRES CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS

During the 1950's and 1960's many businesses gave away small items with purchase, to inspire customer loyalty and Christmas giveaways were relatively common. The Firestone company gave away some really nice items. For many years they released annual Christmas records. This were not cheap albums they featured some of the most prominent artists of the time.When I was growing up we had several of these albums in the house that we played every Christmas.

Another popular Firestone giveaway was a yearly comic book featuring Disney characters and some examples are shown below.

Christmas with Archie and the Gang

classic Bugs Bunny comic book covers

I remember reading Bugs Bunny comic books when I was a kid and I do remember liking the Christmas comics, not just Bugs but Archies, Richie Rich and the other classics. These are some early Bugs Bunny Christmas issues, I hope they bring back good memories.

Classic Christmas humor