Santa TV ad

It was nearing the end of 1990, an especially bad year for the country, economically and politically. The country, we believed, was under judgment. Hearts were on other things -- no one was looking to God. So we created a commercial that spoke about bringing Christ back into Christmas, back into our lives. The message hit the national nerve, winning praise and awards here and abroad. We revisited the spot recently and became unhappy when we realized that the spot could be aired again without changing a word, referring to this year and to this country in the same sad tone.

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[Papadicoy]

@edgesurfer Thank you very much. God bless you, too!

[edgesurfer]

I just shared this video in my FB account. This is probably the best Christmas ad I've seen on TV. God bless you Papadicoy, whoever you are! :-)

[Papadicoy]

Thank you. I created it for MYSan in 1989, but re-aired whenever I could every year.

[1996PT]

Wow, I've been wanting to see this commercial for a very long time. I thought it was an MY San or a Mongol pencil ad. Thank you for posting it.