Eighty years ago today, Santa was getting ready to deliver a lot of GE radios, as shown by this ad in the December 4, 1939, issue of Life magazine.

Mother deserved the best, which of course meant that she was getting the Model H-87 console, which meant that she would be able to pull in the short waves in style, with this 8-tube 3-band receiver. The set covered the broadcast band and 2.3-22 MHz and featured a 14 inch speaker and drift-proof station presets for her favorite broadcast stations.

The boy off at college would love the Model H-531  tombstone with its stylish maroon genuine imitation leather finish. And the girl would be thrilled to get the Model H-502 table model with deluxe plastic cabinet.

All of the kids could have music with the model H-708 radio-phono console with an automatic record changer that played both 10 and 12 inch records automatically.