Ho, ho, ho Nöelco

One of the Christmas gifts for my son this year is a Norelco rechargeable razor. Norelco is a unit of Philips in Holland, the company that introduced Compact Cassettes, LaserDisc video, and co-developed Compact Discs with Sony.

In the 1960’s Norelco started to advertise using a stop-motion animated Santa in their holiday TV commercials. When I was a kid I looked forward to seeing the Norelco Santa. Here’s a video survey of his appearances through the years. The first voice you’ll hear is one the all-time great announcers, Peter Thomas, born in 1924 and, from what I can tell, still working.

Norelco’s Santa disappeared in the 1990’s, but this year he made a digital comeback.

One thought on “Ho, ho, ho Nöelco”

  1. I’ve been meaning to say how much I loved the old Norelco ad. The first time I’d see it every year, I’d get that anticipatory thrill of Christmas.

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