Wishing you all a wonderful, healthy, happy 2010.
Category: vintage
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Here’s a little grab bag of random things I came across…
Were people really this glowing and happy decades ago?
If you haven’t made a habit of browsing vintage holiday ads the way I have, you might be surprised at the proliferation of firearms.
Ah yes, peace and goodwill toward mankind…isn’t this the true embodiment of the season?
This is my favorite; the basis of yearly holiday photos this time around (no, that’s not my real hair).
Bet you didn’t know orange was a Christmas color. Love the TWO sets of quotation marks, too.
Now this is a gift I would have wanted:
And here’s a gift for the ladies that hovers somewhere between a daisy and a medieval torture device:
Love this shirt from Kawaii Not:
Now for some sexiness…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!
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Sometimes life gives us pleasant synchronicity. I was planning to post my old collection of Russian spaced themed Christmas cards, and woke up to an email from Vlad containing a portion of the cards in my collection…and then some!
I’m not sure why I love the combination of outer space and Christmas so much. Perhaps it’s because if we’re going to celebrate a man who defies the laws of physics, why not go ALL OUT with it?
Wow…a lot going on here…
I could easily use up my image space by posting many more…but I’ll hold off.
See more here.
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This is exactly how I’ll be preparing my holiday dinner.
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And now we have the inanimate Scary Santa results…
(photo by Martin Palmer)
At least this one is intentionally freakish…
The Jesus/Santa combo always irks me. Get your myths right, people.
If you actually enjoy looking at things like this, definitely check my posts for Holiday Horror Week ’08:
The Evil and the Unborn
Drowning Santa
Shiny Ceramics
Thrift Santas
The Jesus Megapost
Cake Wrecks
Cake Wrecks Pt. 2
Kasio Kristmas
The Abomination Party -
Here are the living, breathing versions of Santa Claus who showed up in a fun little image search (some are pulled from my old collections). Tomorrow, the non-humans…
I’m not digging this guy’s murderous Charlie Manson glare.
Rob Zombie?
Taken about two seconds before he blacked out from the booze…
The masked Santa always looks like something directly out of a serial killer movie.
Stay tuned…and feel free to contribute more!
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I apologize for bringing this album into your life. It’s an item best left for collectors of seriously horrendous oddities.
Something about Woody the Woodchuck is a little bit…off. This album was not produced correctly, giving the whole thing a slightly warped, off key tone. The “speaking” parts sound like they were cobbled together by a manic robot, the singing is often incomprehensible, things move a little too slowly, and you pretty much finish the album relieved that it’s over.
If you finish. Which is unlikely.
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I never quite understood the human drive to serve things in Santa heads, yet there has always been a decent market for the decapitated icon.
Most of the mugs and punch bowls I’ve seen have an eerie cold, dead look in their eyes. Why?
GAH!
Some even have a sickly “overdose” kind of look…
What SPECIES is this one?
At least this vintage one look happier, if not a bit surprised.
I had collected a bunch of these images on my hard drive, but a few are from this awesome site dedicated entirely to Santa mugs.
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Bathing caps were quite popular decades ago when women were reluctant to dunk their nicely curled and styled hair under water (lest they have to return to the beauty parlor). My grandmother used to wear them, and the look/smell of bright rubber flowers atop a head brings back memories.
Swiss Miss just featured this newfangled take on the classic design. I can’t think of any reason I’d ever need to wear one, but this would probably be my choice.
Okay, so it’s a tad clinical. But I still like it.
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I’m a bit out of the bubblegum card loop (I think I stopped collecting after I amassed thousands of Garbage Pail Kids in the 80’s). Are there any modern cards as awesome as this Mars Attacks series from 1962?
I’m sure many of you are familiar with the Tim Burton flick, featuring these lovely martians:
But I encourage you to check out the original art by comic/pulp artist extraordinaire, Norm Saunders.
(Might I suggest the photo above as an e-card announcement for newly engaged couples?)
See the whole series here.
Artist siteAnd thanks to Monster Brains for reminding me of these.
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