CHRISTMAS AT MOUNT VERNON painting detail

MORE ARCHIES COMIC CHRISTMAS ISSUES

ARCHIE COMIC BOOKS CHRISTMAS ISSUES

1950'S CHRISTMAS ADS FOR WHISKEY

1940's CHRISTMAS ADS FOR WHISKEY

1950'S CHRISTMAS ADVERTISEMENTS

Christmas is a common time to get a new camera and in the 1950's cameras were very popular gifts.

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.