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Probably toxic

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Visits with santa were a lot more personable, you could talk to santa without paying for a picture package, and it looks like they really tried to make that picture magical.

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Kids didn't receive lots of gifts, just a handful each

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They definitely did go for natural trees.

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These actually used to bubble

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The ceramic Christmas trees started then

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Shopping at the new closed in malls was a change from having to go to the huge downtown anchor stores.

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A christmas shop in the '60s

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Christmas morning looked so pure

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The old Christmas lights looked like ornaments

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My mom has these little tooth pick holders from her mother! Everyone had them

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The lawn ornaments were plastic and looked better than the tacky inflatables we have today

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People used to get excited for the unveiling of the Christmas windows

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Window displays took creativity, they weren't designed by corporate and created with prefab, boxed sets.

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The toys were simple, stimulated imagination and games of pretend

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My grandma said if you accidentally broke these you would still find the shards of glass in June, and when they got in your feet it was so awful.

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These lights sat under the silver Christmas trees and changed the tree colors. It was the biggest fad of the time. That and apparently, my grandma said, a christmas tree that was colored and metallic and you hung ornaments of the same color.

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Their Christmas villages

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These nostalgic cards are a reminder that people used to send and receive oodles of cards, not just a few.