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A CLOSER LOOK: "Merry Christmas Annette" Advertisement

With Walt Disney's first live-action musical, Babes in Toyland hitting theaters the holiday season of 1961, children had plenty of wonderful film-inspired toy options to enthuse over and select from for their wish lists to Santa that year; but what for the parents?  No worries! As a star of the popular Yuletide family film, Annette had them covered as well, with a selection of great gift ideas perfect for mom and dad in this advertisement published within the pages of Movie Life  magazine.  

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Annette Funicello, now starring (with Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands and Ed Wynn) in Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland, completes her Christmas gifts with one of Max Factor's sophisticated, golden-wrapped Hypnotique Fragrance sets.  This beautiful package, accented with black and white, contains a 2-ounce Parfum Cologne, atomizer and 1/8 ounce Perfume in a striking set box at $4.50 plus tax.  Annette herself has become a beautiful package.  Her more sophisticated hair-do, her new taste in clothes brings her out of adolescence.  She's a glamourous young lady; still our Annette, still our teenage favorite.



1.  Famous and fascinating science fiction story by H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, published by Looking Glass Library will be an exciting gift on Christmas.  Story written over sixty years ago has great timeliness today.  $1.95



2.  If she enjoys a perfume that is particularly long-lasting,  give her Chantilly - a creamy, dreamy liquid cream sachet by Houbigant.  The dainty fluted bottle is in a gold and white shadow box.  It's a memorable fragrance.  $2.50



3.  Ronson's Varaflame Tandem looks like an individual lighter one moment then-presto-pull it apart.  It becomes a cigarette holder and a lighter.  The urn is water buffalo leather holds either king or regular size. About $22.50



4.  Intercom assembly kit is one of the 7 new G-E Educational Projects.  All necessary tools and components are provided, as well as a comprehensive instruction manual on how-to-do-it.  $24.95.  Other G-E Projects, $9.95 - $39.95



5. Shown: Seaforth's Travel Trio consisting of slim plastic bottles of shaving lotion, spray deodorant and cologne.  Not shown: Seaforth's Barber Shop Quartette containing little jugs of talc, shave lotion, cologne, hairgroom.  $2.25



6.  One of the world's most famous fragrances is Chanel's No. 5.  It's now available in a set of spray cologne and a refill.  There's an ounce an a half of scent in each.  $8.50.  Two ounces cologne, $3.50; quarter ounce perfume, $7.50



7.  Give a Christmas package of Vitabath.  Twelve 4 oz. tubes (each sufficient for 2 baths or 3 showers or 5 shampoos).  For bathing luxury, facials, foot baths.  Really vitamin-rich.  $4.65



Annette would return one more time to promote Max Factor's fragrance line and a new selection of gift ideas during the holiday season of 1962.  You can take "a closer look" at that advertisement on our BLOG  HERE.

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