On the 9th Day of Christmas: Hannukah

Since Christmas now starts in October and lasts well into January, I’m taking liberties by prolonging my 12 day of Christmas commercials. Growing up in the south, I didn’t know or have any Jewish friends (much different today). I always saw Hannukah on the calendar and it always fell in the middle of December as we were putting up our tree and setting up the nativity scenes. I didn’t know much about it, except that if I celebrated it, I’d get eight days of presents versus just one. This Christmas vs. Hannukah “commerical” plays off the PC vs. Mac debate, and would’ve been helpful in the 80′s to help understand all the differences....

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On the 8th Day of Christmas: Santa Busted

Don’t underestimate kids insatiable appetite to see the big guy delivering the goods. In the 80′s these kids rigged a Polaroid camera for a glimpse. Today, kids would rig up a webcam with a direct feed to their website and Youtube for the whole family and world to discover that the big guy comes in the disguise of their parents. If a kid can operate a remote control at the age of 1, don’t think for a minute they won’t figure a way to use technology to catch Santa in the act....

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On the 7th Day of Christmas: Landlines

Once upon a time, kids were tied to one place by good old-fashioned landlines and phone cords. This AT&T commercial from the mid-80′s reminds of us a pre-ADD society when we actually had conversations without doing anything else.

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On the 6th Day of Christmas: New Edition

Getting back on track with my Christmas commercial countdown with this favorite from the Gap. Christmas is not Christmas without colorful scarves, sweaters, mittens and good beat to get your holiday spirits a lift. This version is by far the best–a combination of Sleigh Ride and 80′s boy band, New Edition, Cool it Now, I can’t help but go to iTunes and download the original, 1985 song, Cool it Now. Can you sing it? Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike, if I like the girl who cares who you...

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On the 5th Day of Christmas: Superheroes

So what Christmas morning superhero were you in the 70′s? I was Wonder Woman! Not too much has changed in 30 years. Another 70′s classic–”Be a Christmas morning hero!”

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