Santa Claus in Advertising

Since Christmas is right around the corner, we though we would share with you some of the classic, how be it odd, advertisements that have featured Santa Claus over the years.  While many of these will made sense, some of them just prove the power of such a recognizable figure.  Here are7 advertisements featuring Santa.

Here we see the the jolly one help to sell women’s stockings.

Apparently Santa smoke Chesterfields.  This will cause some confusion later, since the man in red has been featured in a number of cigarette advertisements.

Lucky Strike Santa

Here’s yet another brand that Santa favors.  It can be a little hard to keep it straight, or Santa smokes quite a bit.

After all, what else is he going to check his list with.

Apparently Santa even had his own brand of laundry soap, as you can see in this odd Santa ad.

This now makes, Chesterfields, Lucky Strike, and Pall Mall have all hooked Santa.  Mr. Claus was actually a very popular advertising figure during the big tobacco boom of the mid-1900s.

And finally, war time advertising at is best.  The weird part, this is an advertisement for socks.

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