Corporate Holiday Gifts Go Red

While corporate holiday gifts support the free market, they do come in red. On this date in 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate Hollywood for communist activities, resulting in the infamous Hollywood blacklist, which disrupted the careers of 300 directors, actors and screenwriters -- including Charlie Chaplin. 62 years later, however, with the fall of both communism and McCarthy behind us, customers are free to enjoy red corporate holiday gifts without suspicion. Alicia Klein bookmarks, Hampton travel mugs, Port Authority fleeces, and Leed’s Holiday totes are just a few corporate holiday gifts that look good in the former color of Un-Americanism.