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Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Holiday Spirit

December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well, obviously I'm a day late, but it's for a good cause: I printed the second to last screen on my Christmas cards last night (and finished tonight!). A post about them will be coming once they're all mailed out (don't want to ruin the surprise!).

But on to this week's links: for the past several weeks, some rather inspiring vintage Christmas ephemera images have been popping up. So to get everyone into the holiday spirit, here are a couple of the ones that really made me excited for the holidays (and vacation time).

Vintage Cards:
I absolutely love old greeting cards and postcards from 1950 and earlier. Both Design Sponge and NOTCOT had some links/posts with great collections: 

Not strictly vintage, but...
 ...the craft involved in constructing Aspen Boutique's Christmas cards is amazing.

 
Nutcracker Suite:
Animation Treasures featured some excellent backgrounds from the Nutcracker Suite sequence of Fantasia. 
Courtesy of Animation Treasure\'s/Disney 

Absolutely stunning. I've since set it as my desktop background and have had the Nutcracker Suite running through my head. Whenever I see frost on a window pane it reminds me of this specific part:

Fantasia doesn't say Christmas to me, but this sequence definitely does. I think of this scene more often than the ballet when I hear that melody. If you'd like to enjoy the full sequence from Fantasia, click here.

Holiday Homecoming:
I've been thinking of this commercial a lot lately (as I do every year). This (if you ignore the coffee) just epitomizes coming home for Christmas to me:

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Tags: Animation · Illustration · Inspiration

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  • 1 Tim // Dec 27, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Good ol commercials from the 80’s. There were a lot of these back then that really focused on family and friendship. It seems it’s not as common anymore.

    Here’s another oldie :-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBLrjErIGU8

    I’m trying to find that old ranch dressing commercial, that was a real sappy one.

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