Thanksgiving is already an odd holiday, but these vintage advertisements make Thanksgiving seem even weirder.
Thanksgiving is already an odd holiday, built as it is on the fraudulent belief that settlers were at peace with indigenous populations before the genocide began. These vintage advertisements make Thanksgiving seem even weirder, though.
Let’s take a look back at the good old days, when children gleefully slaughtered turkeys, casual chauvinism made the dinner extra tasty, and the Joneses’ Thanksgiving cards cranked the racism against Native Americans up to 11:
We're happy this hasn't survived the test of time.The Vintage NewsInexplicably creepy.FanpopApparently cooking the turkey is something new these days. FlickrKeep this ad in mind, Kenwood appliance owners.Huffington PostNothing says true love like quasi-racist Thanksgiving wooing. FlickrMayonnaise goes well with everything, if you're a sauce boss.The Vintage NewsSorry I can’t come to your party, but I can leave this rotting jack-o-lantern at your house instead. We cool?Flickr - Photo Sharing!What were we thankful for back then? Apparently the fact it was somehow okay to make fun of Native Americans.FlickrThe greeting card for those family members who believe you may have met your untimely end at the hands of an axe murderer.FlickrOld Thanksgiving proverb: If a homeless man carrying logs shows up at your door on Thanksgiving, be sure to give him a vegetarian meal before telling him to leave your property, or you will call the police. FlickrSome do not own an axe, and therefore have to send their creepiest child outside to scare the Thanksgiving turkey to death. FlickrYou’ve spared our lives, now let us sing you the song of our people. FlickrThe Vintage NewsTurkeys are the reason for the season-ing. FlickrMorbid poetry: What Thanksgiving dreams are made of. FlickrI am Pilgrim Ricardo Montalban, and I welcome you to Thanksgiving dinner. FlickrI may have eaten some fermented cranberries, because I just saw a fat, knife-wielding baby riding a turkey. FlickrEach cob is painstakingly delivered ear by ear — on the backs of tiny corn cherubs. FlickrEvery girl’s crazy about a sharp dressed...turkey? FlickrTurkeys: better drivers than Uber employees. FlickrThis bird comes pre-loaded with cutlery, for your convenience! FlickrBe sure to sit one full turkey-width away from your spouse on Thanksgiving, lest you wish to be burdened with a pointy-beaked firstborn . Flickr - Photo Sharing!Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the tastiest one of all? FlickrJust a little further, Mr. Gobble, then you can rest — forever. FlickrIn 1942, men drank away their problems with Schenley Royal Reserve whiskey while eating their Thanksgiving dinner — over blueprints in front of a fighter plane. Why did this tradition have to end? IzismileTurkey mothers: “Bundle up, it’s cold out there! Do you want to catch your death?” Flickr