Christmas Commercials ... from the 80's

[fruittrees]

As I sit at home in the warmth of the circulated heat and the ambiance of the wood fireplace I reflect on those Christmas Specials and the commercials that sponsored them.

Such gems I recall are Peter & Paul Almond Joy & Mounds, McDonald's Ice Skatings, Hershey's Kisses Bells, Post Fruity Pebbles Santa, Cheerios "Scrooge" commercial, and of course the CBS "Special" spinning logo. Below are a couple of Youtube sponsored links to commercials from 80's past.

Cheers

CSB's Spinning Special Presentation logo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPhhu7e0bE

Kentucky Fried Chicken "Scrooge"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJZeW9IQZc
Post Fruity Pebbles "Santa"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MadGwgiRgAM
Seven Up "North Pole"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMMIv1EdqE
McDonald's "Ice Skating"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ez6a8nCZ2A
A related one as the boy from A Christmas Story stars in the long running Hershey's Syrup commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzUsoUbGFSc

Cheers and happy holiday

[AlisonBeach]

Don't know if you already know about retrojunk.com, but that site has a bunch of random commercials from the 70s, 80s & 90s.

Amazing how the memories don't quite match up to the realities sometimes!