Children's Illustration: Christmas and More...

(this image doesn't really represent the set very well but it's very decorative isn't it...? Click the image if you want a bit of Santa in it.)

Golden Gems a set on Flickr created by Tales of Whoa. Great vintage children's book illustrations.
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Ephemera: Christmas Card

An obvious Christmas combo?

I wish I remembered where I found this fantastic card, but I don't. Sorry. It could have been here.
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Christmas Comics: Wonder Woman Steals From Children!

Who ever thought that Wonder Woman and the Justice League (geeky correction: "Society", see comments...) would steal Christmas presents from a sleeping child on Christmas Eve?! Well, here's the proof:

And they are smiling too!!

From Random Acts of Geekery

Christmas: En Mass...

If you're a person who can't get enough of Christmas this is the place to go:
Look At This...: "Christmas Special"




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Vintage Ads: Christmas Theme

A Christmas Yuleblog: "In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like."



A taste of what you can expect.

Christmas Music: The Martin Klasch Santa Collection 2004-08











Santaism '08
Santaphonic '07
Santology '06
Santalicious '05
Santafobic '04


Please click the individual images to download.
Password: martinklasch.


Grab 'em while they are up. I'm planing on having them up at least until Christmas Day but after that...

UPDATE - Dec 26th:
Downloading is no longer possible.
You can still (until New Year) listen to Santaism online here or from the sidebar.
Sorry. No longer available.
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Music: Lars Gullin


I'm Learning To Share!: "Lars Gullin Quartet - 'Danny's Dream' b/w 'Be Careful' (1954)"

Listen!
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Christmas Music: Santaism




Following the yule tradition that I've created for this blog I've put the annual Martin Klasch Christmas music mix together once again. There are 27 songs in this year's compilation but I'm not going to reveal which ones or by whom they are performed. I will say that if you've heard my other Christmas mixes you'll feel familiar with the style of the mix. If this interests you at all all you have to do is click the image of the cover and you'll end up at zSHARE where you'll be able to download the rar-file (130 MB). And just to annoy you I put a password on it - so to unpack the files you have type the name of this blog (without space).

I hope you'll enjoy it!
Sorry. No longer available.
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PS. If anyone wondered: If I find the time and energy I might repost the mixes from earlier years. We'll see.
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Video: Ernie Kovacs Meets Esquivel



"A classic moment from The Ernie Kovacs Show, featuring
Juan Garcia Esquivel's space-age pop versions of 'Jalousie' & 'Sentimental Journey'. " says The In Crowd in Video Cabinet in Limbo: Ernie Kovacs meets Esquivel: 'Musical Office' (1961)
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Vintage Ads: Erector


Yes we do get that sometimes. We don't all call it that but we do get them. And sometimes we have to lie on our stomach and put on a fake smile.
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Ephemera: Soviet Christmas Cards



Another nice Christmas classic: Old Soviet Christmas card collection
via Everlasting Blört