32 pictures of Christmas in the 60s

Ohlord Published 12/14/2022 in wow

A glimpse back in time to when Christmas felt more pure, magical, and simpler. I think they had the right idea.

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These nostalgic cards are a reminder that people used to send and receive oodles of cards, not just a few.
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Their Christmas villages
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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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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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The toys were simple, stimulated imagination and games of pretend
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Window displays took creativity, they weren't designed by corporate and created with prefab, boxed sets.
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People used to get excited for the unveiling of the Christmas windows
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The lawn ornaments were plastic and looked better than the tacky inflatables we have today
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My mom has these little tooth pick holders from her mother! Everyone had them
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The old Christmas lights looked like ornaments
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Christmas morning looked so pure
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Probably toxic
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A christmas shop in the '60s
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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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The ceramic Christmas trees started then
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These actually used to bubble
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They definitely did go for natural trees.
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Kids didn't receive lots of gifts, just a handful each
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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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1.
2.
These nostalgic cards are a reminder that people used to send and receive oodles of cards, not just a few.
3.
Their Christmas villages
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
The toys were simple, stimulated imagination and games of pretend
7.
Window displays took creativity, they weren't designed by corporate and created with prefab, boxed sets.
8.
People used to get excited for the unveiling of the Christmas windows
9.
The lawn ornaments were plastic and looked better than the tacky inflatables we have today
10.
My mom has these little tooth pick holders from her mother! Everyone had them
11.
The old Christmas lights looked like ornaments
12.
13.
Christmas morning looked so pure
14.
15.
16.
17.
Probably toxic
18.
A christmas shop in the '60s
19.
Shopping at the new closed in malls was a change from having to go to the huge downtown anchor stores.
20.
The ceramic Christmas trees started then
21.
These actually used to bubble
22.
23.
They definitely did go for natural trees.
24.
25.
Kids didn't receive lots of gifts, just a handful each
26.
27.
28.
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.
29.
30.
31.
32.