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Ohiogal

(31,963 posts) Sun Dec 8, 2019, 10:00 PM Dec 2019

Christmas home decor from the 50s and 60s [View all]

See anything from your childhood?

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Look at all the old TV sets! Did your mom always have a poinsettia on top of your TV at Christmas? I remember my mom always put those icicles on our tree.

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Christmas home decor from the 50s and 60s [View all] Ohiogal Dec 2019 OP

We had the metallic tinsel (recycled every year - even though it was probably toxic heavy metals) jpak Dec 2019 #1

I wonder Ohiogal Dec 2019 #5

We had to some out of our beagle's butt - LOL TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #39

Same here.... RazBerryBeret Dec 2019 #78

up to the early 70's it was a lead based foil Lithos Dec 2019 #33

yes, they were outlawed in the 60s because they were lead Hamlette Dec 2019 #35

Sometime in my teens, I realized our 'icicles' were so heavy because they were made of lead. eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #50

Yes, those were the height of coolness back in the day- lark Dec 2019 #90

the golliwog in #10 Skittles Dec 2019 #2

I remember the golliwog from an A.A. Milne book. cwydro Dec 2019 #86

Pretty much captures it. I still put up a vintage aluminum tree with the color wheel. Hoyt Dec 2019 #3

I always coveted those. Laffy Kat Dec 2019 #4

Our neighbor across the street had one Ohiogal Dec 2019 #6

My aunt had one of those TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #40

We have a modern knock-off of a vintage aluminum tree, and we have several large ornaments from deurbano Dec 2019 #43

Awesome! I have a friend who does too. CaptainTruth Dec 2019 #62

Cats still look the same! Merlot Dec 2019 #7

That was a fun link. llmart Dec 2019 #8

For sure Ohiogal Dec 2019 #9

That's exactly what my parents did. llmart Dec 2019 #11

The 60s seemed to really begin the big push Ohiogal Dec 2019 #17

That was it, magical! CountAllVotes Dec 2019 #23

Nostalgia can be a cruel thing sometimes. llmart Dec 2019 #24

Childhood CountAllVotes Dec 2019 #26

Yikes! llmart Dec 2019 #28

All I can say is ... CountAllVotes Dec 2019 #44

your socks were my socks KT2000 Dec 2019 #54

I hear you..... Ohiogal Dec 2019 #59

Wow. I thought we were the only ones who got that in our stockings. llmart Dec 2019 #61

We always got an orange, walnuts and candy canes in our stockings The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #70

we got an apple, orange, tangerines, nuts, Hershey's kisses yellowdogintexas Dec 2019 #82

I had three grandparents who were, at their very best behavior, indifferent to Christmas... hunter Dec 2019 #69

great story! KT2000 Dec 2019 #74

Not much attractive about the styles of... 3catwoman3 Dec 2019 #10

yep - this is why I find the HGTV-ish "mid century modern" trend unappealing. nt spooky3 Dec 2019 #20

My wife and I just finished watching Season Three of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Aristus Dec 2019 #30

Very much so...we always had a real tree, next to a real fireplace with a real fire in it Glorfindel Dec 2019 #12

Hey Glorfindel Ohiogal Dec 2019 #14

my mom went with a white tree decorated with turquoise and pink. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2019 #13

But that was so trendy back then! Ohiogal Dec 2019 #15

Christmas cards CountAllVotes Dec 2019 #16

My sister and I Ohiogal Dec 2019 #18

I recall it taking a few evenings CountAllVotes Dec 2019 #22

My Dad would haul the big ladder out Ohiogal Dec 2019 #25

There's a dollhouse I recognize! madamesilverspurs Dec 2019 #19

I still have a glass ball ornament Ohiogal Dec 2019 #21

I had to get to 31 to find them. Rabbit ears. Lochloosa Dec 2019 #27

Lots of memories, thanks. dem4decades Dec 2019 #29

The silver tree's samplegirl Dec 2019 #31

Another fond Christmas memory Ohiogal Dec 2019 #32

The really oldest tinsel was the best, sort of heavy. northoftheborder Dec 2019 #34

Yes, it was lead, as I discovered when I melted it down. :) eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #52

The two things that I remember from my childhood Christmases TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #36

They did a nice job preserving a bunch of that look and feel Jarqui Dec 2019 #37

Sure looks familiar. Check out the tinsel! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #38

Is that a family photo, VO? Ohiogal Dec 2019 #42

Yes, about 1953. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #47

My mother used to cut my bangs practically up to... 3catwoman3 Dec 2019 #49

It seems to have been the style in those days, at least for little kids. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #51

I had real short bangs like that, too Ohiogal Dec 2019 #64

I'm just tickled that light strings only have 1 light go out at a time now.. Amimnoch Dec 2019 #41

Good memories marlakay Dec 2019 #45

I loved Christmas then and now; I've collected ornaments in my travels and also as gifts. Liberty Belle Dec 2019 #46

I remember my Mom threatening my Dad with divorce if he ever bought a flocked tree. n/t TygrBright Dec 2019 #48

Ahhh - funny KT2000 Dec 2019 #55

They're back. Pretty but expensive.... Duppers Dec 2019 #67

Besides the lead icicles, there was also the asbestos fake snow... SeattleVet Dec 2019 #53

It's a wonder any of us KT2000 Dec 2019 #56

Or even a Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab! SeattleVet Dec 2019 #57

Whaaat?? KT2000 Dec 2019 #66

It was expensive for the times. SeattleVet Dec 2019 #68

Yikes!! KT2000 Dec 2019 #75

Never got one at Chubby & Tubby (damn, I miss that store!) SeattleVet Dec 2019 #76

Good move! KT2000 Dec 2019 #81

I loved our bubble lights! Danascot Dec 2019 #58

I remember those! Ohiogal Dec 2019 #60

That is about all I remember from my childhood Christmases rurallib Dec 2019 #79

We had those, or something like them! I loved them! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #80

I'm amazed by how small most of those trees are! Coventina Dec 2019 #63

A little before my time, but some things look slightly familiar. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #65

Tinsel or icicles or whatever that silver stuff was mnhtnbb Dec 2019 #71

We called them dingle-dangles, no idea why lol. cwydro Dec 2019 #87

Did mom like her electric floor scrubber? hunter Dec 2019 #72

#4 912gdm Dec 2019 #73

We always had a live tree (through 1981) The Genealogist Dec 2019 #77

#'s 22 and 29 are like my childhood trees. We wnylib Dec 2019 #83

Holidays seemed to last forever. We had 2 weeks wnylib Dec 2019 #84

Every one of those pictures brings back a bad or sad memory. n/t SpankMe Dec 2019 #85

All the comments about toxic this and dangerous that make me soldierant Dec 2019 #88

I bet mom really appreciated the gift of a .... reACTIONary Dec 2019 #89