Merry Christmas from a Mad Snowman - VIDEO

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It's funny how Mad Men has become such a pop culture and social phenomenon. It's on a niche cable channel, but it's still one of those shows that has infiltrated the world in so many different ways: fashion, advertising, music, other TV shows. Maybe it's the fact that it's the best show on television or maybe people want to be hip or maybe people want a return to a different time and place, but you can see influences from the show everywhere, even if you're not a regular viewer.

There has been an onslaught of advertising-related Mad Men homages, some of them lame, some of them clever. This one falls in the latter category. It's a holiday e-card from the advertising/marketing staffing agency Markinekt. It's a takeoff on the opening sequence from the show, but instead of Don Draper it features a snowman falling from the building. On the way down he passes giant cartons of Baxter Egg Nog and a woman wearing snow boots.

I wonder if this snowman has been cheating on his wife?

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