Advertising would exploit Christmas, but only you determine the integrity of the Christmas spirit. How you spend your holidays determines if the Christmas spirit is alive and well or not. Are you with the people you want to be with?  Are you generous, kind, and forgiving? Christmas is about intentionally loving. No corporation can rob you of that. But corporations are built by humans and they can create some pretty entertaining advertising, especially through the lens of 30, 40 or even 100 years. Let’s have some fun and look at old advertising.