Hope You Had A Cool Yule

Me, I'm plum tuckered out from making the Yuletide gay!

We had a really splendid holiday, lots of lovely presents (I got a Kitchen Aid stand mixer!  A cashmere pashmina!  A bottle of Samsara perfume!), gallons of libations, and a Christmas dinner of all-you-can-eat crab legs at our favorite local Chinese buffet.

I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas, if that's what you celebrate.  May it have been as much fun as this:

1977

I love this picture.  It's from this blog, and I find it so wonderful.

Wait a second...Santa Claus, NO!

From 1956: Smoking Cigarettes Is The American Way!

No, this commercial doesn't actually say that, but it might as well.

God, I miss cigarettes. I quit my two-pack-per-day habit almost twenty years ago. Wanna see a 40-year-old woman drop 50 pounds without even trying? Give me a couple of cartons of Marlboros and I'll demonstrate it for you.

From 1974: In This PSA, Judd Hirsch Extols The Virtues Of Fresh Air In The Workplace

I happen to like this PSA very much. Cute, but it really makes its point.

Lemony Cancer Sticks: The Refreshing Citrus Taste You Want As You Grow Those Lung Tumors

People

June 10, 1974