December 7, 2014: Turn on the Holidays

 

There are eighteen additions to the Holiday Season Ads gallery today, all from December 1992, starting with a Thursday, 12/10/92 ad for "It Nearly Wasn't Christmas" (Charles Durning) on ToledoVision 5. Next is a Friday, 12/11/92 full-page ad for The CableSystem (Cable for Christmas...), followed by the first two of six more "12 Days of Christmas" ads, a Friday, 12/11/92 ad for Newhart (Win a merchant's gift certificate from Westgate Shopping Center), and a Sunday, 12/13/92 ad for Jingle Bell Rap and Alien's First Christmas (Win a membership to East River Gym). There's also another 12/13/92 ad, for Jingle Bell Rap and Alien's First Christmas on TV5. The next one is a Monday, 12/14/92 half-page ad for Poinsettias at Food Town, followed by a Wednesday, 12/16/92 TV5 ad for a Saturday afternoon Alvin marathon, where you could win tickets to the live performance of "A Chipmunk Christmas" at the Masonic Auditorium. The next "12 Days of Christmas" ad is a Thursday, 12/17/92 ad for College Bowl Preview (win a garage door opener from Toledo Automatic Door). It's followed by a Friday, 12/18/92 ad for "A Christmas Carol" (Albert Finney) on The Holiday Big Show. The first of two for the Family Channel is another 12/18/92 ad, for Madeline's Christmas, followed by a Saturday, 12/19/92 ad for How the Grinch Stole Christmas on TNT. The last three "12 Days of Christmas" ads are next, a Saturday, 12/19/92 ad for The Royal Family in Crisis (Win a Diamond Solitaire from Tadsen's Jewelers), a Monday, 12/21/92 ad for People's Court (Win a navy blazer from Damschroeders), and a Wednesday, 12/23/92 ad for "Scrooge" on The Big Show (Win a fur coat from Toledo Furs). The next two are Thursday, 12/24/92 full-page ads, a Lion Store ad (Merry Christmas To All...) and the annual Blade ad (Season's Greetings from the staff and management of The Blade). The second Family Channel ad is another 12/24/92 ad, for an evening of Christmas episodes, including ones for The Legend of Prince Valiant, Big Brother Jake, and Maniac Mansion. Today's last ad is yet another 12/24/92 ad, for The Big Show on TV5, for "It's a Wonderful Life" which again was sponsored by Video Connection without commercial interruptions (as they did in 1991). More 1992, and 1993 holiday ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...