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Beer In Ads #502: Look What They’ve Left For Me!

December 20, 2011 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s holiday ad is for the Canadian beer Dow Ale, which until around 1966, was the most popular beer in Quebec. This ad looks to be a little earlier, probably in the 1950s. Given that red is he only color (apart from black, of course) in the ad, it’s curious that they didn’t make Santa’s suit red, too, but I suppose they wanted to keep the focus on the beer. “Look what they’ve left me me!” I hope every home didn’t leave Santa a case. He’d never get to all the houses in one night, or he’d probably get pulled over by the air force for flying erratically.

Dow-1950s-santa

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



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