{"id":16219,"date":"2014-12-25T09:43:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T14:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16219"},"modified":"2014-12-25T09:43:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T14:43:41","slug":"merry-christmas-with-vintage-santa-claus-wrappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16219","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas with Vintage Santa Claus Wrappers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For those out there that celebrate it; Merry Christmas! \u00a0And for everyone else, Happy Holidays and end-of-year wishes from CollectingCandy.com!<\/p>\n

My main priority this week has been my friends and family so I haven’t had much time to devote to creating new posts, but I did want to get one more fun holiday piece\u00a0done for today. \u00a0With that in mind, I thought I’d bring together a selection of vintage wrappers featuring the secular star of Christmas, Santa Claus. \u00a0Make the jump to check them out!<\/p>\n

First up is an unusual piece I acquired a few years ago. \u00a0It’s an uncut sheet of six Christmas-themed hang-tags for Luden’s hard candies packages from the 1970’s. \u00a0Each of these six pieces would have been separated and folded over, finally being stapled or sealed to a cellophane bag of assorted holiday treats. \u00a0 I love the Santa Claus illustration on these, which is why I also chose it for the title image of today’s post.<\/p>\n

\"Luden's

Luden’s – All Hard Candies Schoolhouse Mix hang tag proof sheet – candy packaging – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up are a pair of handsome foil wrappers from Whitman’s Chocolates, also from the 1970’s. \u00a0They make for a cool pair of twin smiling Santas:<\/p>\n

\"Whitmans

Whitmans – Smiling Santa – red and white foil 4\/5oz Christmas chocolate wrappers – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

The holiday foil continues with this next lovely offering from Melster candies:<\/p>\n

\"Melster

Melster Candies – Chocolate Marshmallow Santa – 3\/4 oz foil Christmas candy wrapper – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

And another chocolate marshmallow Santa, this time from E. Rosen:<\/p>\n

\"E

E Rosen – Chocolate Marshmallow Santa – 1 oz Christmas candy wrapper – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Now here’s a fun one from 1970’s Topps – a display box flat for the Christmas edition of their classic Big Mouth On-a-Stick bubble gum pop:<\/p>\n

\"Topps

Topps – Big Mouth On-a-Stick bubble gum – Holiday display box flat – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

For comparison, here is a display box flat of the all-year-round version of Big Mouth On-A-Stick:<\/p>\n

\"Topps

Topps – Big Mouth On-A-Stick (with the bubble gum center) – Bazooka Gift Certificates Box Flat – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up is\u00a0another 1970’s Luden’s piece. \u00a0This time it’s a happy marshmallow Santa in cellophane (and on skis!):<\/p>\n

\"Luden's

Luden’s – Light Coated Marshmallow Santa Claus candy wrapper – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

One of my all-time favorite pieces of Christmas candy packaging is the one I’m showing\u00a0next. \u00a0It’s an outer wax box wrap that would have covered an unopened full display box of Life Savers candies during the 1964 holiday season. \u00a0The remarkable\u00a0thing is, this festive\u00a0piece of packaging would have rarely been seen by consumers because these wraps typically got removed before the candy was put on store shelves. \u00a0So these wonderful graphics were created for and mainly seen by retailers and salesmen:<\/p>\n

\"Life

Life Savers Merry Treats Five Flavor Santa Christmas Holiday case box wax wrap – 1964<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are a couple final\u00a0Santa pieces I pulled together for today:<\/p>\n

\"Farley's

Farley’s – Holiday Cremes – 12oz Christmas candy package – 1980’s<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bike

Bike (Beich’s) – chocolate covered Santa Claus candy 10-cent wrapper – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got to share today. \u00a0While I’m excited to get back to my Christmas activities\u00a0I’m especially\u00a0happy\u00a0that\u00a0I was able to bring these wonderful vintage Santa candy packages together for the day.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas everyone, and I’ll see you next time!<\/p>\n

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