The 7 most bizarre Christmas print ads

‘Tis the season to be jolly … and strange. Around this time of year, freak flags are flying at their highest, and advertisers are the biggest suppliers of said flags. When someone says “Christmas,” Santa Claus comes to mind, or even Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. What should not come to mind is Santa Claus passed-out under a tree from drinking too much eggnog at the elf holiday party, or anything to that effect.

But what is it about odd advertising that catches our eye? Christie, a senior business and marketing major at Penn State University says, “Well, sometimes odd things make you wonder about what the ad is for … especially if it’s not really apparent right away.

“There is a thing called moderate incongruity; it is when something in an ad makes you think, but eventually you’re able to resolve it and figure it out or what it means,” the Penn Stater continues.

Christie adds, “I guess seeing Santa passed-out is unusual, and could be an example of moderate incongruity.”

With that being said, I am going give you the strangest Christmas present you’ve ever received … in the form of a neat little list comprised of strange holiday advertisements.

McDonald’s Christmas Tree

There’s something majorly wrong with America … the land of the free and the home of the fat. Good luck with that after-Christmas triple bypass!

Santa Loves Pyrex

Just what your wife or girlfriend needs … more pots and pans to cook you delicious meals in … and resent you every step of the way.

Santa Loves to Talk

I’ve never heard of a Santa hotline, have you? Dial the correct number, or you could be on Santa’s “naughty” list. If that’s the case, be careful when he offers to empty his sack.

Absolut AA

Although a fun ad to look at, there’s nothing fun about attending AA meetings right before the New Year. Save your “getting your life on track” for after the biggest drinking holiday of the year, quitter.

Dance of the Sugarplum Binocular

Binoculars…the exact type of gift you’d expect from someone who’d call their dad “Father.”

Silent Lung, Deadly Lung

Maybe after you drink your way to those AA meetings, you can take up chain smoking and have a holly, jolly holiday with a black lung just like Santa from a lifetime of hopping down chimneys.

And last but not least…

3 Lords A-Shooting

Clearly the best gift to give your boisterous boys for Christmas are rifles. Right Mama and Papa Menendez?

Happy Holidays, everyone! (Even you advertisers who belong in a straight jacket…)

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