Christmas pictograph print, eh?

Here are the Christmas-infused print ads for Canadian toy retailer Brain Candy Toys: 

This series of print revisits the concept of mixing adorable graphics, mathematics and pictograms that were used earlier this year, giving it a pinch of seasons greetings.  The Christmas-y ads mathematically represent the stories of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, the toy distribution protocol of Santa Claus, and A Christmas Carol's Ebenezer Scrooge being visited by 3 Pacman ghosts.   

This Christmas iteration of the pictogram theme is not as clear as the fairy tale version and it required a little more noodle-scratching on my part to riddle it out.  Perhaps that speaks more to the fact that I need to brush up on my Christmas stories. Why is Santa's Coming list being multiplied by 2?  And then I realize, it's because he's checking his list ... checking it twice.  That made the print ad more enjoyable once I figured it out.  

But the Scrooge print ad seems uber-minimal, even for my minimalistic tastes.  What about Tiny Tim, eh?

Unexpected presents

On Christmas Eve, the passengers of the Spanair flight traveling from Barcelona to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria were set to arrive close to midnight, so the airline did something a little special for them:

 

As passengers waited for their luggage to appear, they found presents coming down the carousel, personalized for each traveler. 

Smart little gifts

Remember what I was saying about miniatures?  Here is a series of cards mailed out during the holidays from Smart Canada.  Miniature-sized holiday goodies were made and affixed to the card.  It included tiny candy canes, wrapping paper, tinsel, ornaments and a vinyl record of Christmas favorites.  

A smart car may be small, but it provides a big amount of joy.