Christmas Means Norelco!
I remember my brother and I staying home with a babysitter while mom and dad went Christmas shopping. We had a really cool babysitter named Renee. We would play games and record radio shows on our tape players. We played “Truth or Dare” and one of the silly dares was to walk outside in the snow without any coat on and yell, “I LOVE NORELCO!” for all to hear. Why? Maybe we heard that slogan on a commercial. We thought it was a funny thing to say, at least when you were five and eight years old.
I remember the Norelco Santa commercials, but had no idea they kept remaking it over the years. For your enjoyment, here is three decades of Santa
Norelco Santa from the 1960s. The commercial was stop motion claymation, produced in the CBS studios.
Here is Santa, as he appeared in 1978.
Here comes Santa Claus….1994 style.
There is one more Santa that I think I remember. He had a pointy hat and looked like he was made of gumdrop material, but perhaps that was for another product. If anyone finds that one, point me in that direction. Have you or a loved one ever went on a razor spending spree for the holidays?
Merry Christmas from all of us at VintageGent’s Menswear Daily.
1960s, 1970s, 1990s, grooming products, vintage ads | Comments (3)
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Those are so funny! And I wish you a very Merry Christmas too
Oh wow, I am so happy to see the “NOEL CO” commercials from the ’70’s I totally remember them as a kid. Thanks for sharing the vintage TV wonderfulness and bringing back some fun memories!!
My pleasure! I wonder if Norelco is going to do a follow up for the new millenia. They really missed out on a crossmarketing opportunity with Flexible Flyer to make a plastic Norelco top for kids to sled down the hill in. Or maybe Wham-O! would be the more appropobe partner.