If you think the crass commercialization of Christmas is a thing of the late 20th century, take a look at these newspaper ads from the first half of the last century. (From James Lileks's site.) Link
Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.










