Seeing as Christmas is this Sunday, here’s a Throwback Thursday post about one of my favorite holiday TV commercials from the late 70’s and early 80’s: The Norelco Santa commercial!

I remember seeing these state-of-the-art (for their time, anyway) animated commercials for Norelco razors when I was a kid growing up back in Wisconsin– especially watching Green Bay Packer games on Sunday. Unlike today, the NFL back then was pretty much just focused on the male audience, which is why this commercial for something manly, like an electric razor, was shown so often. (Although the commercial does also mention the Lady Norelco, but only as a gift suggestion for the guy to buy for his wife or girlfriend.)

The commercial features Santa gliding along in a sled made from the head of the Norelco razor itself, complete with leaving a track through the snow. My brother and I loved taking our sleds to the big hill at the school near our house, so I was always excited to see this commercial featuring Santa and his Norelco sled. (And, because this was way before the DVR or even the VCR was popular, you had to sit through all the commercials, live, as they aired!)

Do you remember this one?

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