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Beer In Ads #1415: Hail To A Merry Christmas

December 25, 2014 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s holiday ad is for Ballantine Ale, from 1938. It’s an extremely odd Christmas ad, with all of the adults standing around the decorated tree, beer in one hand, and with the other, well, holding up the “ok” or Ballantine ring sign. They almost look like they’re part of a cult, don’t they? Merry Christmas. Hail Christmas.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Christmas, History, Holidays



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