Christmas 1975 – Part 1

Let's spend a few days experiencing Christmas 1975. (I tend to favor the 1950s and 60s here on the blog so it's good for a change to focus on an era that some readers might actually remember.)

Above is some nice holiday artwork by the great editorial cartoonist Herbert Block. His wonderful, memorable panels graced the pages of the Journal's Page of Opinion for many years. The above cartoon ran on Dec. 24, 1975.

Here's the editorial from that same page.

The "Peace on Earth" cartoon with the little angel in the editorial was by another Journal editorial page regular, Hugh Haynie.

And here's a corny-copia of holiday ads that ran in the Journal on December 24, 1975. The first one is a business that I patronized for many years.

My parents bought an awful lot of Oldsmobiles from this Milad's in Amherst.

I bought one of my first cars (a Chevy) at the Lupe dealership in Avon Lake.

I never bought a car at Sliman's in Amherst but I sure am glad they are still around.

Hey, it's another appearance of the Kmart raccoon that Google AI insisted never existed!

I think of Carek's every time I go to Center of Sheffield and see the Carek name on a street nearby. I bought a lot of flowers there over the years, including corsages for the high school prom and formals.

And up until I finally closed out some ancient accounts there a year or two ago, I was a First Federal Savings of Lorain customer since I was a baby.

And Mom patronized both of these stores: Ted Jacobs and Hills Dept. Store.

Tomorrow: Omnibus ads and 1975 Holiday Movies