Give war bonds for Christmas
Horizontal war-bond poster: a Christmas tree hung with bond certificates, a snowy farm scene and the line 'The Present with a Future'. The tell is transfer, linking holiday gift-giving and a peaceful rural scene to bond purchase, with 'future' left as an unspecified promise.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (for U.S. Treasury Department)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-896 (NAID 514401).
Text on the object
GIVE WAR BONDS for Christmas The Present with a FUTURE AN OFFICIAL WAR MESSAGE DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION WFD 861 [imprint: U.S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-555116]
