The Dark Side of Christmas — TTT 31 Dec
I have just learned something I did not know. There was a commercial artist named Haddon Sundblom (1899 - 1976) who is singlehandedly responsible for three corporate icons: the Quaker Oats guy, Aunt Jemima, and most notoriously Coca-Cola’s Santa Claus. In fact “The Pause That Refreshes” was his work as well, as apparently he dabbled in slogans as well as art.
Now that Christmas is over and all the good little girls and boys have received their gifts from the Merry Old Elf himself, it can be revealed that Mr. Sundholm really revealed a hitherto unsuspected dark side of Mr. Claus. As evidence view the following series of paintings showing a single evening’s activities.
Santa: “Work, peons, or you’ll get the hammer! Speaking of hammered, this stuff is good with rum…” *hic*
Santa: “If only you little freaks knew what I did to those elves… “
Santa: “See? I nailed him right in the middle of the forehead! Is there booze in here or only mixers?”
Santa: “Glug glug glug”
Elf: “Shhh! I’m the designated driver! I need to keep him out of trouble! “
Elf: “Uh oh, her name is Trouble!”
Floozie:“A man in uniform! Hello, Sailor!”
Wow. Who knew?
January 1st, 2008 at 12:04 am
And a Happy New Year to you to! Ho ho ho.
January 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Personally, I think the ad where the polar bear cub crashes the penguin party is worse - who came up with the idea of sticking a juvenile carnivore in the midst of a bunch of potential meals and having some stupid chick give the bear a big hit of caffeine and sugar? Worse yet, why didn’t they let us witness the resulting carnage?
I’ll stick with floozies and bewbiez, thanks.