And here's a cute early rendition of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer! It seems Montgomery Ward had a promotion in 1939 which meant giving a story book to each child entering their stores. Here's the link to Open Culture's article about the Origin of Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer
Short video is an early cartoon of the story,
Today's quote:
I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. -Walt Disney, entrepreneur and animator (1901-1966)
Dali's version of Santa
Charles Schulz gave us many sweet comics with a group of children and a few animals.
1948 | 35mm | Max Fleischer Christmas Cartoon
Beautiful collection of Christmas images. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteI'm completely dependent on Facebook's many historic groups for these photos. I know friends who look at Pinterest, but I'm afraid I'd get lost learning just one more program. Have a great Christmas! I'm so glad to see your early morning comments when I turn on the laptop!
Delete...I wish you a Merry Christmas. ☃️ 🎄 ❄️ 🎅🏼
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Tom. Hope you all have a merry Christmas also!
DeleteWishing you a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year. I appreciate our 'blog friendship'.
ReplyDeleteTHanks, and a return of those wishes to you too. Ditto on being blogger friends! It's a kind of social media, I guess. Since I indulge in comments and replies!
DeleteLove the Christmas spirit here, Barbara. Great photos and cartoons. Merry Christmas to you and your family! (NewRobin13)
ReplyDeleteThanks. So far no major mishaps, as gatherings of family might bring. Fingers crossed it remains the same.
DeleteWishing you a very Merry Christmas. Love the video!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Me too, the video was playing as background for quite a while in the last several days after I found it.
DeleteGreat images, Barb! Wishing you the very best of this season! It has been a joy to follow your blog.
ReplyDeleteYou do find the images.
ReplyDeleteYou'd expect something weird out of Dali.
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