Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Christmas 1985

Detail from a Journal ad
Before I scurry back to the safety of the warm and fuzzy 1950s and 60s, let's sneak at peek at Christmas 1985.

The year 1985 was a big year for me. It was my first full year in my apartment at the Lorain Overlook (after moving out of my parents' home in late 1984). I also started working at the Downtown Cleveland printing company that would be my home for the next 35 years (until Covid hit).

The Journal didn't seem to have very many holiday-oriented ads in the days leading up to Christmas. Here is a not-so-ample sample. I love the Fotomat ad, having forgotten all about those things.

The Journal was still running the Christmas greeting pages (as regular contributor and ex-Journal employee Todd described them). There was only one full page and two half pages of them that ran in the Christmas Eve edition of the paper.

The movie ads were getting a little skimpier. As you can see, Back to the Future was the big movie of the season.
Not bad – Tom & Jerry AND Woody Woodpecker cartoons!
Lastly, the Journal delivered a great editorial on Christmas Eve.






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3 comments:

  1. -Alan D HopewellDecember 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM

    Great editorial.

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  2. Don HiltonDecember 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM

    "Hardy foreigners?" I thought there was no such thing.

    I liked the bank ad, reminding folks of "Pardner," the ATM. I had forgotten each bank sort of had their own names for the devices.

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  3. BusterDecember 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM

    Unlike the older collections, I have actually patronized a few of the businesses in the 1985 ads. But I don't remember "Pardner" (what a name) or the EST Bank, which I assume was once Elyria Savings and Trust.

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