Hallicrafters - Good Old Fashioned Christmas
January 1942 QST

As was customary for U.S. businesses, Hallicrafters ran a Christmas advertisement in the January issue of magazines where they appeared. The January edition, as is common even now, is typically mailed in early December, getting it in the hands of readers in time for Christmas. This "Here's to a Good Old Fashioned Christmas" (which many state governors want to end beginning this year) message appeared in the January 1942 issue of QST magazine. Halli(gan) and (hand)crafters was founded in Chicago in 1932 by William J. Halligan. The company designed and manufactured radio equipment for hobby, commercial, and military applications and quickly became very popular amongst their users.

Hallicrafters - Good Old Fashioned Christmas

Here's to a Good Old Fashioned Christmas!

We wish we could give you the DX we used to enjoy not so long ago when, on clear starlit nights, stations thousands of miles away could be copied across the room.

We hope it won't be long 'til we will be back together again - one happy family able to send heartfelt Christmas greetings by radio around the world.

The Hallicrafters Co.

Chicago, Illinois

December 23, 2020

Here are a few other Christmas-related items on RF Cafe:

• Thordarson Christmas Advertisement - December 1929
• National Company Christmas and Happy New Year - January 1942
• Hallicrafters - A Good Old Fashioned Christmas - January 1942
• National Company Christmas and New Year Greeting - January 1941
• Amateur Radio Christmas Comics - January 1942 QST
• Jensen Radio Advertisement - January 1945 Radio News
• E. F. Johnson Christmas Ad - December 1953 QST
• Hallicrafters Ad: A Message for Christmas - January 1941 QST
• A Christmastide Muddle - January 1930 Radio-Craft
• Thordarson Christmas Advertisement - December 1929 QST
• Norelco Advertisement - April 1957 Radio & TV News
• How Christmas Came to S. McSquegg - December 1953 QST
• Mac's Radio Service Shop: A Breathing Spell - January 1955 Radio & Television News
• "Merry Christmas" from the Staff - December 1958 Radio-Electronics
• Kenyon Transformer Holiday Message - January 1941 QST
• Carl and Jerry: Under the Mistletoe - December 1958 Popular Electronics
• The Day Before Christmas - December 1958 Radio-Electronics
• The Telephone News - Bell Telephone,  December 1958
• Hallicrafters Ad: Good Old Fashioned Christmas - January 1942 QST
• Terminal Radio Corp. Christmas and New Year Greeting - January 1941 QST
• National Company: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - January 1942 QST
• National Company: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - January 1941 QST
• What Happens When Engineers Think Too Much About Christmas
• Politically Correct "The 12 Days of Christmas"
• "12 Days of Christmas" Memo