🎄 Joey O. returns to the Advent Calendar House bearing the gift of his favorite regional holiday commercial. Join us as we spend 17 times the length of a 30-second lottery commercial talking about the spot that had a whole commonwealth singing “Five Cash Fives!” 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

The original Pennsylvania Lottery Christmas Commercial from 1992. 

The updated commercial from 2012, remade shot-for-shot like 1998’s Psycho. 

PA Lottery’s Holiday Ad Gets Makeover (CBS Philly, 2012) 

“Move Closer to Your World,” the greatest broadcast news theme song ever composed. 

Philadelphia Eagles fans’ longing for kelly green football uniforms. 

Major League Baseball’s endless array of ugly hats for every holiday. 

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“Snowfall” © 1992, 2012 PA Lottery. 

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