December 2009

That's a line you never see people write on Christmas gift cards these days. As you can see from this vintage cigarette commercial, she suggests that by giving someone a carton of these cigarettes, you're giving them the gift of that greeting 200 times. Yes, as people smoked each one of those 200 cigarettes, they would daydream about the person who gave them that beautiful Christmas carton. 

Oh, how times have changed! read more...

I'd like to buy the world a Coke. Very few commercials give me goosebumps, but for some reason this 70's Coca Cola Christmas commercial still does. When I watched this as a little girl it really gave me the impression that there was unity all around the world. I'd like to be under that impression again. :-)  read more...

This home movie from around 1930 shows a little boy at Christmas who got every 1930's toy a boy could ever dream of - and more! He wasn't even old enough to make a list of the things he wanted. As you can see, some of the items are: a wind-up elephant, a wind-up horse, a wooden train made of blocks, a pedal car, stacking toys, a wooden duck pull toy (I love the way it's neck lunges! read more...

Thanks to ChefTips for creating this YouTube video, we can finally know what to look for when purchasing chestnuts, and we can finally know how to roast chestnuts on an open fire (or roast chestnuts in the oven). I've never roasted chestnuts, so this was all new to me. The soaking, the scoring, the sour cream.... who knew? read more...