What was Christmas like, in the 50's? Back to Golden Days
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- What was Christmas like in the 50's?Back to Golden Days
Usually I’m a very busy person and I haven’t feel the spirit of Christmas for a long time. In the last years I had no time and no ideas how to prepare my house for Christmas.
But I found this interesting book with interesting ideas, that really helped me to feel the Christmas spirit again
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The safety of tinsel: During the 1950s, tinsel and tinsel garlands were so popular that they were often used more than Christmas lights -- because tinsel was less of a fire hazard than electric lights.
Sparkle bright: Lead foil was a popular material for tinsel in the 1950s, because unlike silver, lead tinsel did not tarnish and retained its shine.
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I’m 49 and even remember the 70’s during Christmas was better than today. Oh how things have changed. Much easier then
Todd Campbell- Less money, less greed. Everything today is centered around profit for corporations.
I'm 50 ya the 70's were great 80's too
I'm 53. I know we sound like the "Old guys" but your statement is true. Much better times with less technology.
Todd its changed big time. Alot people selfish
I WILL ALWAYS SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS. NEVER HAPPLY HOLIDAYS OR SEASONS GREETINGS.
No happy holidays or seasons greetings for me
I was a child of the fifties...we were pretty poor but Christmas seem d to be more about food, sleigh rides, caroling, Christmas pageants at school and big family gatherings than presents
there was on Christmas that I remember that my dad was out of work because he worked in the auto plants and they were always closing for either model change over or waiting for the parts of the new cars to come in. so one Christmas my mom sewed new doll cloths and my dad made three new doll beds and my grandparent on both sides kicked in some money so my mom could buy some badly needed clothes then she went to Woolthworth's or the other five and dime store and bought three new baby dolls. then we went to my uncles for dinner.
@@janetyoung1269 a nice story, very heartwarming!
@@janetyoung1269 Priceless memory..... God Bless!
Buses far better for one thing..I was of the fifties,too, very late.
At least, back then you could have pageants at school. None of this atheist garbage cutting out Christmas for Winter holiday.
One of the nicest things about Christmas in the '50s was you didn't have the big retail stores shoving Christmas out into September like they do now. Christmas season did not start until after Thanksgiving - and you never heard about "Black Friday" back then, let alone have the mobs and brawling like you do now. Everyone had Thanksgiving off, the stores were all closed, after which you had a few weeks to get into the Christmas spirit without all the commercialization like these days.
Yup, about "Black Friday", it seems the more we give to the Black folks, the more they scream racism. Though back in the 1950s, everyone seemed much better, including the black folks! Not to say all Black folks are bad now-a-days.
@@roostercogburn3771 Black Friday has nothing to do with black people. It’s a day of discounts. And maybe black folks are more upset now because they’re actually realizing how poorly they’ve always been treated.
funny, they made movies about "repressive" 50s & 60s - now we realize the values that made US great began being torn down by such ideas
@@roostercogburn3771 whooosh
@@eileen66 That is no excuse for some of the behavior we see going on these days. And explain Oprah Winfrey, President Obama, Clarence Thomas, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Colin Powell, Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Jay-Z and Beyonce, Robert and Sheila Johnson, Cory Booker and many other successful blacks if they are all so poorly treated and have no opportunity in America. It comes down to obeying the law and working hard to improve your situation. Respect is earned, not automatically given. And the law guarantees equal opportunity, but the results are up to YOU as an individual. It does not come down to, well, I'm not a millionaire so I'm going to join in a a smash-and-grab at a jewelry store because my ancestors were slaves and everyone owes me. THAT lands you in prison, sorry, I don't care about your ancestry, you just blew your life, now take your punishment.
Thing is about this time is that we all knew it was wonderful while it was happening. Moms and Dads made our lives wonderful. The men went off to work and the women stayed home to raise the kids and run the house. And they paid enough to the working guys that they could provide a house, a car, and even summer vacations. And very few people had college degrees back then because it wasn't needed. The country hummed along and people prospered. Hell between 1955 and 1967 my parents took us all over the United States on summer trips - I've even been in the White House in 1962. I've seen the Rockies, the Smokey Mountains, Blue Ridge and the Grand Tetons. I've been on 3 or 4 Indian Reservations - seen national monuments with no one else around. I've seen Civil War battlefields and historic houses like Lincoln's home in Springfield Illinois - it was wonderful. Now you have to be a millionaire to do the things we did.
IT IS TRUE
Amen! 2018 pales by comparison...
Nancy, when I was five, in the summer of 1962, we took a trip to Washington. One of the places we visited was the White House, so, maybe, we saw each other there. I remember looking into the frosted windows of some huge room in the Capitol, and saying, "Where's President Kennedy?"
Oh Nancy, I'm so glad for you...It's great to hear somebody say all that, and not the eternal whining we have grown used to since decades ! I love to watch movies from the 50s and 60s, and all the time I'm thinking "these folks were sure living in the America we dream of but never get to reach somehow." I love to think they were more religious, friendly, more human, more decent in a word. Our society today is so selfish and rarely people really care for others in times of troubles.
@@jenniferkelly6931 l grewup in 50s.... it was the best time to grow up.
RIDING AROUND LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SO MUCH FUN WONDERFUL TIME
In Detroit we would drive to see the Hudson's windows that drive through the Grosse Points to look at how the really rich decorated their houses. W did not have a drive through neighborhood were very house was trying to out decorated each other and cause traffic jams for people who lived in the neighborhoods to the point that they could not get out of their driveways.
Still look at lights.
Few houses are decorated. Mostly just the old downtown areas now.
Nobody really cares about decorating.
Xmas spirit is devoid.
Anna Marcalleti All caps lowers the quality of your post.
We did that to in Montreal . Today it's like people are even to busy to put a wreath on the front door
That's really sad . Tou would look down a street and it would be all lit up . Today ,just a couple of places.
Mike White. It mostly just shows the excitement of cherished memories in her post. And how mindlessly asinine that someone could be in yours.
Kids will never know how exciting it was to get that Sears catalog in the mail & go thru & circle all the things you wanted even though you knew you only got 1 big gift! It was the excitement of looking & dreaming!😁
Love those big catalogs Sears Montgomery Wards We dreamed🎄
@@luciledevries478 Eaton's and Simpson's
The holiday season is just awful now. I miss the good ol days. People were friendlier. Neighbors talked with each other and no one had their faces buried in a phone, and you didnt see the crap on TV like you do today.
You are thinking along the same lines as i am have to agree with you one hundred percent
Shy 1 I agree. Gifts were practical. Gloves, hats, scarfs. Every year, my mother would knit sweaters for all the kids. Grandmother would knit mittens. A lot of gifts and cards were homemade. Family was everything and the Christmas turkey dinner was the highlight. I really miss those simple times of the 1960-1970 era.
Shy 1 - nor did we literally see crap on the streets like we do today.
My parents had 9 kids. Dad was a Korean War vet who became a tool and die maker. One income. My mother worked very hard; made clothes. We wore a lot of hand me downs, but so did a lot of people. Christmas was always special. Church, many gifts, love. It was great.
When sleigh rides were real...
I SO MISS THIS FAMILY UNITY. WOULD GO BACK IN A MINUTE. SO HAPPY 😁 BACK THEN
Unfortunately, it depended on the family. Enough time has passed that I can laugh at it now, but neither side of the family liked each other and the people in each side weren't all that friendly to each other, either.
Mary Betz All caps lowers the quality of your post.
@@miriambucholtz9315 my experience also
Not in Biden's America
@entertain me amen brother.
I was a small boy in the 1960s and it was the same as this film. Driving along with my parents along main street with all the decorations strung across the the building's put a warm feeling in my heart. My parents being dead makes me yurn for these days even more to be with them one more time.
David Brown I was born in 1950. Shopping was on an open avenue with glass windowed store fronts festooned with bright holiday displays. Store staff helped, really helped find, advise, refer to other stores, courtesy valet park the Pontiac wagon, etc. I miss those things too. It was a very different time. I believe we will enjoy those treasured feelings again in the ecstasy of heaven.
Susan Corvalan till I was about 10 years old give or take a year my parents used to drive on main Street and I remember one building it had jc penny's on one side and wolthworth on the other side. I remember they had a guy that parked the cars oboy did my father hate them he said they would bang the car up and one stole loss change my father put in the ashtray. So even back then they had allot of thieves. With my parents dead it makes me yurn to go back and do it just one more time.
David, the same with me. Something about the lights and decor stretched across the business streets has [always] put a warm feeling in my heart, even to this day. We don't see it that too often any more (not out where I live), but there was something always about seeing those streets like that that I will never forget or that feeling. I, too, was very young in the 60s and both of my parents are gone, but it would be nice to see my parents once more. Anyway, have a blessed New Year. To Pack Facts, fun to know the 'facts' on the tinsel and great to see these old photos. Thanks for sharing them.
I couldnt have said it any differently from you..I experienced the same and miss them as do you ..sad isnt it
larry johnson
That is the native American's lament.
I would go back in a minute. And I wish I could after this years mess (2020) ,2 years later.
Stephen Paraski and take my children and grandchild,,, and all of them are adults late twenties to mid thirties,back with me.
Baron Stephen von Bach-Paraski I’ll go with you.......
I’d be right there too. My dad was a teenager in the 50’s so I know how much better it was.
So would I, I loved it in those days, even though I was young. But to see what the world has become today? Yes, I would go back in a minute.
Yeah, I would go back in a heartbeat. We didn’t have much, but what we had was everything.
Take me back, Clarence. I want to go back.
Merry Christmas movie house!
LOL. I was never there, but it looked like paradise.
@@donnaleeclubb119 Looks can be deceiving!
Merry Christmas you old building and Loan!
Dianne Rice Take me too! I remember when decorations were strung across the streets and light poles were decorated. I always looked forward to seeing them when I was little. Presents were wrapped in tissue paper with sparkles in it. Tinsel and fat lights decorated the tree at my grandparents house.
I can tell you in one word "WONDERFUL"
And MAGICAL!!!
It was Wunnerful, Simply Wunnerful.
Toys in that era were so great!
Truly. Interactive, hands-on toys DESTROY "virtual" & video toys.
Yeah, all that lead paint was really great (and tasty, too)!
@@k_zildjian4460 , lol! Never hurt me a bit! :D
@@k_zildjian4460 You know, maybe you should leave your mother's basement every now and again. Woops I forgot! Snowflakes melt.
Make Toys Great Again.
Most people lived in families with homes like this on ONE income!
Lynn Lane
I was born in '58 but I definitely remember the very early 60s and all the 60s .
...I came from a family of 7 kids.. my mom stayed at home and we had the best health insurance with the best surgery and dental plan ...
.... food was still pretty damn good and very inexpensive ...
....good quality clothing made out of real Cotton and wool ...not all the synthetic garbage was very well made for the most part ...
...and inexpensive mortgages and rents were the norm...
.... cars were inexpensive ..
..if you lost a job you could go out and find one almost immediately...
it was a great time in this country.. now everything absolutely everything is expensive and they make it impossible for people to find jobs now with those ridiculous 200 question questionnaires on the internet..
... it would be so nice to go living in the past ... I'd gladly do it but yes I would miss the internet and having all this information at our fingertips like a god.
I would not miss how cold and impersonal people have become and how no one likes to talk on the phone anymore and how people sit at tables staring into their phones instead of looking into each other's eyes
Yes, I'm also a Baby Boomer (same age as you), and all you said sounded right about those simpler times. We had real music, real childhoods with actual friends, and real conversations. We had free speech, but more respect. There was such a thing as a joke without being taken as intended to be offensive. If it was, people got over it and moved on. But, we laughed alot more! I was told how to behave with manners, went to church, and was taught to be charitable to those with less. I rode my bicycle every day, and in the winter there had to be a snowman! We all went to the library and read books. I did not have all I wanted, but was most grateful and had hope. I thank God for being born of that time; good era to raise kids. It's been a difficult life, but still a wonderful one.
+lynne lane
I hundred percent agree with you there and would love to be able to travel back in time to those days because I really can't stand the way Americans have become :
they have become so materialistic , dumbed down and phony.
...and we're living in very weird times ; becoming less human.
.... notice more and more of this Android stuff and some of these people talking about the great singularity such as Kurtzweil..
... they talk about how great it will be to merge a chip with our brain... I don't think it's a good idea for several reasons.
if you really want to see something creepy go look for the dancing automatic on that looks like Lady Gaga and the art museum but watch the whole video because it one point it stops dancing and then picks up speed the rump everything from the back looks no different than a real life stripper and the hands are so realistic it will scare the crap out of you this thing is really frightening
I keep thinking of that movie, Stepford Wives (the old, original version).
Lynn Lane
Like Stepford Wives.. yes ..it's very scary what's going on right now because if you look at what's happening with robotics and automatons you know where its all heading.
...that's why I wanted you to look at the one that looks like Lady Gaga but has a weird ugly mask on its face with a beak..
.. it is so lifelike and that video is actually several years old so think about how much more advanced robotics have become and the fact that we are moving more quickly each year into some bizarre future.
... and many people are definitely becoming less human with their coldness and all this materialism
I was born in 1950...my parents would take us in the car to see how everyone had their Christmas decorations in their homes...so beautiful and magical. My sister and I would sing Christmas carols in the car 😍
wonderful Christmas memories...don't ever forget them.Merry Christmas.
I remember these days sure miss riding.with my parents driving around looking at all theXMAS displays and XMAS shopping never had to worry or look over your shoulder now you have to worry about an active shooter boy have times changed
I was born and raised in the 2000’s and my mom has taken us every year to do the exact same as well! Traditions never die.
And any house that didn't put up Christmas lights stuck out like a sore thumb.
I feel like crying thinking about it. At least I had my parents all through the 50's, but lost them in 1960. Wonderful memories with them!
Even in the late 70's it was pretty special! Now, it's incomprehensible. People shoot you now just to look at them wrong, road rage and madness everywhere.
Because division is making all this. You mix cultures and people all together you don't have that unity who think similarly with respect and manners. The problem hart cellar act 1965 and all immigration that started to change that European thinking culture and celebrations.
LMAO crime in the past 20 years are the lowest its been in American history, crime from the late 60s to mid nineties the highest in American history
@@NLS_7 idiot speaking about things he has no understanding of
This 2020 election is your choice between law life and thug life. Democrats promise revenge if you don't choose them. Haters, you THINK about that.
@@truthful316 Ridin' with Biden!
That’s when you did things as a family without all the devices we have now. You really head a lot of family quality time.
It looks a lot like it did when I grew in the 60's . I remember when girls still wore dresses. Simpler times. What a great time to have grown up in, I'm so thankful to have witnessed those day's.
64 here. A much different time on this planet that I really miss. I'd like to take this cell phone and throw it off the pier.
Grew up in the 50's. Still enjoy the technology of today.
Same here. Born in 1959. A different world then. As Dylan sang "Times they are a changin'".
Only pervs like girl in dresses!
True but Lucille ball made great waves with the wearing of pants.
I miss the Good Old Days! I remember on Christmas everything was closed down and it was a time to spend with family. It will never be the same again.
@James Miller , not like they used to.
I remember when almost everything was closed on Sundays back in the 70's so families could spend quality time once a week. It was like Christmas every week without the gifts of course.
@@4021971 , I was born in the 50's and it was so different than it is today. Happy New Year!
@@hoosierladyus48 I was born in the 60's and remember how special each Sunday was to my family. It was like a holiday every week. After church my family would go to one grandmother's house around noon for dinner and would stay there until 4 or so and then we would go to my other grandmother's house for 5. My dad had a giant family so there were lots of cousins, aunts and uncles there. By 9 or so we would leave to go home and I would fall asleep in the back seat. I was exhausted by then, but it was worth it. People today don't know what they are missing now that Sunday is treated like any other day. Loved those Sundays! Happy New Year!
And the Christmas season started after Thanksgiving, not in July.
This is when family actually talked to each other
*when people actually talked to each other*
@@PleaseNoMoreFarmhouseDecor know one seems to no how to do that anymore
tracy 511 Agreed. Now they just look at their phones at the dinner table.
@@angelinaramon it's very sad I'm all for change but something's should definitely be restricted. It's all gone crazy
@@angelinaramon Your not allowed at my dinner table with a phone.
I can remember those days, wish they were back again. Life was so much simpler
Even as a small child in the early 70s thing were so much warmer around the holidays than now. Today it feels cold and lifeless. Not sure why.
@@cut1986
Warmness of spirit is dead.
We have become a society of hate and ungreatfulness.
@Aaron Antone Why would my statement make me cold and lifeless. I did not attack anyone. Apparently you felt the need to attack me when you don't know anything about me. Strange.
@Aaron Antone You did not tell me why it makes me cold and lifeless.
I was a kid in the 50's and 60's and Christmas was a magical time. Too bad those days are gone!
Fat Christmas light bulbs.
Aluminum Christmas tree with a revolving Color changer.
But nothing could beat a Real Pine Tree.
Yes they were magical!!!!
You can keep the Tradition going.
At your house hold ?
I hear ya 👍
@Debbie Smith - It's always "not great" for a certain percentage of any generation. That's not a viable argument to show that society itself was overall not great during that time period. It really was for the vast majority.
We sang Christmas songs in school. People went to church on Christmas even if they weren't regular attendees. Extended family payed a visit. There were programs on TV and movies that depicted biblical stories and showed nuns and priests. My parents never failed to give something to the garbage collectors, the mail carrier, my teacher, and the milk man. Yup, our milk was delivered in glass bottles by a man invariably.
OMG!!!!!!You lived my life....i hear you!!!!!!
my mom still did that every year - even in the 80s and 90s - gave something to the mailman, ups woman, and garbage man!
Valerie Pagendarm People felt social pressure to say they believed in religion. Many times you were shunned or not given a good job if everyone knew you were a sane rational person who did not believe in their god. Today things are better in that respect, people are getting smarter.
I believe church was more dominant in lives in the 50's.
@@Randy58-zn4ez There is NOTHING better in this age...nothing. People are afraid to speak to each other out of fear of offending them and being sued or fired from their jobs. I am not exaggerating...I have seen it happen. Neighbors do not even know each other's names out of fear of having their ID stolen. There is NOTHING good about this time period...nothing. It is all about fear and being self-centered.
A different time indeed,prosperity and happiness for those who desired it & most everything made in the U.S.A.
Robert - The other days I was watching a very nice movie of 1958 called "Houseboat" starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. At one point Grant strikes up a conversation with a young man of about 30 who runs a grocery store in Maryland, and this guy tells Grant with an excited tone of voice and a happy smile :"Look, mister, I don't complain..How could I ? I make a good dollar, I'm doing fine and life is great" ! Remember that was 1958....It left me kind of envious !
I am a fan of the 1950s 1960s
Although I was born in the 60’s this reminds me of how things were when I was young.
I went downtown at 10 years old by myself. I bought everyone in my family a Christmas present with my birthday money. I never was worried about shopping alone at 10. I got everyone something no matter how small and cheap it was. It was.I did my best. I loved Christmas and It was a great time in my life. It was never that good again. But at least I had those days
I learned crafts and crocheting so I could hand-make gifts that would be personal time-honored creations, since money was tight. I was careful to not leave anyone out; checked that list TWICE.. even for other kids who were naughty to me in school..
I know exactly what you mean! Daddy would turn us loose to trick-or-treat by ourselves in Chicago. Also to bicycle alone to the Forest Preserves, we loved that place! No worry about kidnapping or anything, but that was soon to change. We moved back to TN!
Yes, they were just wonderful. We were so lucky to have lived in that time.
@@sissimoody Yep. I was allowed to play outdoors by myself but wasn't allowed to cross the street until I turned 6. On my sixth birthday I got a shiny new bike and cut loose to go where I wanted. Only restriction was to be home by suppertime. Today parents would be arrested for "free range" kids, but back then that was normal. ALL kids were "free range". When I was turned loose I was told not to go with strangers, don't take candy from strangers and stay away from the "bums" - a few tramps that would wander through the neighborhood from time to time. I said I'd do so, got on my bike and left for a much nicer, safer childhood than modern kids have with their helicopter parents hovering behind them.
You are so right it was never that good again. I keep thinking maybe this year it will be, but no it never is.
Real trees and nobody looked like a slob.
The Good Old Days really were.
PS Notice how clean everything was?
Pajamas were worn for bed. Not trips to the store. I miss places like Sears, Penny's, and heck, even K-Mart.
Back then society had respect for themselves and others. Families were tight knit and close. People went to work and respected their job and loved their customers. Some might have complained about their pay but you didnt see fast food workers go on strike demanding more money. Back then Americans loved their country.
@@chrisb3976 Employers respected their employees much more than they do today. And most employers also paid at least a living wage back then -- *relative* to the cost of life necessities at the time.
Not the snow!
@@cut1986 lol, I am 55, and I just nearly went to my close grocery store that has a starbucks.Cold here today. In flannel pj's, Ugg Christmas boots and a Tarheel basketball sweatshirt.... just have nearly left my home as I am for some hot delicious starbucks.
For now.. hot tea. 😂
seems more family oriented than today
Yes, Marcquis, and part of the problem is that there are fewer families today, in comparison, as the "nuclear family" fades away... marriage has become unpopular, the family unit is fading away, family dinners are almost unknown, more and children are raised by one parent (usually the mother), some kiddies don't know who their father is, and so it goes on, sadly. All this is furthered by the government and all the "PC" adherents.
No, it wasn't. Kids were to be seen and not heard. Fathers did nothing with their kids ( except for a few rare dads). You planned what to do in your 16th and 17th year because at 18, it's out, out, out. Fathers could beat their wives and kids, to the point of hospitalization and it was accepted. No charges.
Atomic Gdog That is only because it is.
Marcia W Sorry for your childhood. I was born in 1950. My family was not perfect but great nonetheless.
Step mother and step fathers and displaced angry children... 3-4 sets of grandparents...
What bullshit 2019 is..
BEAUTIFUL. ...remember those days. .born in the 40's..growing up back then...miss it....was so wonderful. .
Frank George. You made it wonderfull .you had that spirit in you. Thank you & we love you for it.
As a child of that era, I remember all too well. Today's kids will never know that feeling of excitement as Christmas time draws near. Thanks for posting "our" memories
Im 40+ I miss the 80s 90s
I was born in the 60’s and Christmas was all about family, and we would only get a few presents, not like today when kids get everything and don’t appreciate anything, so sad!
I, too, was a child in the 50s. It’s a shame children have been robbed of their innate innocence today. Things weren’t perfect then, but they were in many ways better.
@@ELizabeth_Beeza miss the 80s
AMEN!
NO Body on those stinking phones, it must be heaven.
*nobody
Born in 53 and it was heaven back then.
Wait are you sure? Let me Google that. You know if I wasn't watching this on my smart phone, I would never learn that. Thank God for smart phones!
IT WAS ❤️
@@christinethornhill democrats are scum of the earth vote for trump next election
Wow, brought back memories... All the women and girls were still wearing dresses..!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. That's sad.
Del Logan even sadder when you realize that it’s a Chicago winter, and their calves are exposed!
I wouldn't want to go back to dresses all the time. It was COLD! But people back then seemed to appreciate what they had much more than today.
@@UmmYeahOk My boyfriend said the girls in Lebanon, Ohio used to kneel down and cover their knees with their skirts while waiting for the bus. He's 9 yrs.older than I am, but we girls couldn't wear pants til the early '70's'in Ga.and it got cold there too.
Virginia Connor talk about oppression! I just assumed they could wear some form of leggings under the dress, a long dress, and it would be no different than wearing pantyhose, but clearly for winter. Guess women were supposed to just stay home back then. Just allowing the girls to go to school was asking too much from society.
So many of these pix could of been of my family,lol
Some of those cars,my family had,even that old tv in the corner!
Such a quiet peace full time then.
I miss it.
Everyone was so happy and grateful that the Great Depression and World War II were behind them.
Not that long after WW 2. Here in UK things were very 'tight' , not much cash for presents , and at the start of the 50s rationing on food etc . BUT as kids we never seemed to be greedy ! Had a whale of a time with what we did have , and enjoyed every family get together , even without TV !!!!!!!
Good memories .
For Christmas in 50s dont forget the sledding and Xmas lights at almost every house. Snowball fights and snowpeople loads of fun
And also the Ice Skating On A frozen pond or lake. Fond Memories!!
Such a romantic era, thanks for sharing.
Wish it was like this again !!!!
The golden days of tinsel on Christmas trees...
Tinsel on a Christmas tree wow haven't seen that in years don't even think they make it anymore
looks expensive. And kind of messy
Ursula Mullikin I got really excited because I found some “new old stock” at an antique store.
My mom always has to have tinsel on the tree lol and we couldn't find any anywhere this year. She was disappointed. Me as well. My childhood tree always had tinsel. Now my kids won't see it's beauty. I'm 30 by the way lol
Sam McCloud tinsel trees 😝
Everyone said 'Merry Christmas' with no hesitation anywhere and it was a time to enjoy all the traditions of Christmas. No tech or phones to invade the simple pleasures of what Christmas used to be. I remember it well.
That was wonderful! What a magical and nostalgic trip down memory lane; I remember when the main street of just about every town in the U.S. came alive at Christmas time, filled with lights, decorations, and busy shoppers. What I would give to go back in time and re-visit my home town the way it used to be so many years ago.
the last 5 years or so i have noticed that the stores no longer decorate like they used to in order not to offend anyone who is not a Christian. Now when you walk into a store can only find a few thing hanging by the front entrance and that is all except in the Christmas area that they put up last September. But last night on Under the Radar Michigan small towns like Rochester is doing a Light the Night were all the store are either decorated or have lights convering the entire front of the stores. and at Greenfield Village the do old fashioned Christmas they way it was in the late 1880's and early 19th century.
@@janetyoung1269 I was a young bride in Detroit and it became a tradition to go to Greenfield Village at Christmas and if we had the money to Frankenmuth to shop at Bronner's for a new Christmas decoration and then to Zender's for dinner and homemade fudge from their gift shop. Those were the good ole days for true. Here in Birmingham, Alabama I remember as a child going Downtown on the bus at Christmas and window shopping. We would go to Loveman's and Pizitz and stand in awe watching their window displays at Christmas. Those were wonderful days. Everything was about family and family get togethers....no phones, video games or computers of any kind....just good clean fun and family love. Church on Christmas day and Christmas eve too were a must. NO ONE missed church unless they were under doctor's orders to stay away.
@@janetyoung1269 , yup, born and raised in Livonia, last year my wife and I came back to go to the "holiday nights" they do there at Greenfield village, and then shot up to Frankenmuth and had a blast up there.
You can still find Christmas celebrated the right way, you just have to look a little harder. Frankenmuth had several nativity scenes displayed in public places(one of them was life-sized), a real blast from the past for me... Absolutely awesome. And at Greenfield village there was a real Christmas spirit, everybody was so well behaved and respectful, the "village guides"that gave information about the particular building you're in did not sidestep the Christian influence and importance in their descriptions, all the families and customs of that particular building. Hay wagons riding by with the entire group on them singing loudly true Christmas carols like "Silent Night" and "Away in a Manger"... That was the best Christmas of my entire adult life.
Where was your hometown?
2017 good to see there is a growing movement for Christmas again. Everyone is saying Merry Christmas.
THAT'S what im sain'!!!!!!CHRISTmas not Xmas!!!!!!
Paddy - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Didn’t last long.. Biden’s corrupt gang is in the White House now as acting (non elected)President.. gas, food prices rising up and up ..wait until they raise taxes next.. crooks..
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use to go "downtown" late 40s and our Madison Avenue had wreaths strung across just like these old pictures. I believe things were done more because people attended church more. A different time WWII was over and Merry Christmas was everywhere. People were thankful. Sure miss it.
The most wonderful time.
I was born December 24th 1949. My first 10 years of life was the 50's.
I have you by about 6 weeks. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago (steel mill baby). This vid brings back some special, precious memories of mom and me going "downtown" on the IC and meeting up with an aunt and cousin on December 8th (off from school for religious holiday) to look at the window displays and see Santa. Good times.
Yes...those memories...I was born in 1955....south side of Milwaukee. As a kid my mom would take us downtown to view the Christmas displays put up by the big department stores like Gimbels, Boston Store, etc. We had to walk outside in the cold and snow from store to store....no malls then. It was magical to stand in the falling snow, all bundled up, and watch the animatronic figures representing Santa and elves and other Christmasy things. Plus they had Christmas music piped out onto the street. It would be twilight and the bright xmas lights shone like jewels between the snowflakes. My dad would meet up with us after work and take us to a little restaurant for dinner. What a great time!
@@cindyp5703 - You're making me envious, for God's sake !
Mike, I am SO jealous of you!!!! To have enjoyed the world during our country's most prosperous years. What an Xmas present you must have been for your folks!! Penny candy, hoola-hoops, innocence, and safe streets. wish I could have your memories. What I wouldn't give to have been you in about 1957! Daniel Boone escaping the Indians was your biggest worry. I can almost see the pastel-colored `54 Ford your Dad probably drove!
Mike Btrfld I grew up in the 50's and 60's. Many great memories.
A great time to be a kid. :)
If you are white
The good old days, when everything was about family and not about spending money on gifts for kids that have everything!
Kids understood about not having EVERYTHING, and they APPRECIATED what they had even MORE. It MEANT something to get ONE gift from GRANDMA! ~~ Didn't know too many spoiled kids.
Aman
No Special interest groups that have destroyed Conservatism. America is the way it is due to the Beatniks and Hippies being indoctrinated with Communist Socialist Ideology......Thank you Russia.😡
@@CAMAROZSS There are ALWAYS special interest groups. It is usually those we don't like that we deem "special interest groups", but I know you know this!
@@CAMAROZSS much you bring politics into this.
Everything made in USA! every part on the cars! wonderful
no planned absolecence either in those days because of "safety concerns"
Things cost a considerable lot more back then too, but at the same time, everything was more or less designed to last. You didn’t replace things, you had them professionally repaired or DIY. People living in poverty today may have more than one car, more than one television... ...but they probably weren’t made in the US.
VIP P- In the day, cars were built to last for decades. Today they are not due to greed. Auto corporations survive on Billions of dollars. This forces the average North American car to only last a little more than a decade so you are forced to spend more money.
Mary Jean Jones While I agree, it probably has to do a lot with the technology that goes in them. Less options means less to go wrong, less to break. They did not have to worry about AC power windows and locks... ...now you have blind spot sensors, heated seat, reverse cameras, touch screens, navigation, sensors for everything! Cars are becoming more and more difficult to work on. You want to change a light bulb? Have the engine bay has to be removed first! It’s crazy.
At the same time, I own a 25yo Ford that I love to death. Had it for 21 years. I don’t know if those plastic cars were ever intended to last as long as those from the 50s, but regular maintenance, a few new parts here and there, you can have a really nice car that will last you forever, if you’re willing to add whatever you think it may need, even if it’s simply a new paint job that sadly is worth more than blue book.
Beats stupid smart phones that are perfectly fine, but the manufacturer releases an updated OS that your phone won’t handle, so all your apps slowly stop working simply because they refuse to support their older versions. I can’t even hand it down to my kid! “Here’s a mint iPhone. It can send and receive calls, but don’t expect TH-cam or anything else to work”
Yes and believe it or not, the cars my Daddy had become like friends to me! LOL. My spot to sit was the arm rest in back seat. He was a diesel mechanic after being a war hero in WW2, and he always had big cars like Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles. They were as big as boats and when he'd trade cars, sometimes I'd cry! LOL.
So lucky to have lived in that era...
I envy you. Merry Christmas
Yes I to am thankful I was young then, great days gone by!
A time of wonderment. ..I loved it!
So agree Becca. Ah, to go back to that time again would be a wonderful thing. Such a nice life. We don't need all the 'things' we have today. I feel so sorry for children in today's world. We were truly blessed we have those memories. I was 7 in mid-50. Wonderful time to be a child. Tinsel on Christmas trees - what memories!. ;-) (Nice music!)
No, this one happened in spite of that one.
It was a time when people actually went shopping at stores instead of online, when people smiled and when you could say "Merry Christmas." It seems just like a dream now.
If people stopped shopping online and did without until investors brought back the stores, and if people started saying Merry Christmas the day after Thanksgiving and without care in the world, then the world you and I enjoyed growing up would return.
You can say Merry Christmas now.
I still wish everyone "Merry Christmas!" Most people smile and wish me the same! 2022.
Merry Christmas
Thank you for sharing this. Brings back such beautiful memories. Simpler, much warmer times. Was a small child in the 60s. Would love to go back to those times
I thank God I was there. It will never be again.
Oh how I wish I could go back in time. I am so glad I lived and grew up in those days. How I miss it
Yes it was like this. Beautiful, simple times.
Born on 23Dec. My Dad made me most of my Gifts. He Was A Carpenter and a great one. Also lots of home made Knitting from Mom. What a beautiful time to it was!!!!! Beautiful Memories. 🎄🎄
Kids today don't know the thrill of looking in store windows at toys, games, sleds, and other Christmas items that they wanted to get for Christmas. I also like the pictures in this video of family dinners, real Christmas trees, and lead tinsel. My childhood was just like this video.
Brings back alot of fond memories.
Your video brought a flood of tears. So many wonderful memories!! The kids today have no idea of the magical Christmases we shared back then. I'm still crying! Great video!!
Brilliant such a lovely era bring back those day
I was 5 but it was so magical..I really had a happy heart ..I still try to live that way.....
who watching this in 2020?
I hope we can all go back to normal :)
9 /27 / 21😁
@@merrylee202 today is my birthday
@@HisoSenpai Happy Birthday 🎂
I just came to see this video by mistake and boy did it bring back wonderful memories! I was born in 1957 and was a child of the 60s in Vancouver Canada and it was the same here. The window displays were a highlight at Woodward’s dept. store and the time leading up to Christmas was bliss. The Sears wishbook was highly anticipated and my parents, even though immigrants, gave us the best childhood and Cristmases. Miss the simpler times so much, thanks for this video, watching it makes me so happy!!
Back then I think the only thing we were worried about was other countries attacking us. Not our own government or neighbor.
@@marvin60000 maybe there was less crime and it was safer however there were still plenty of criminals existing, we just didn't hear about it as much.
And today population of the USA has doubled since 1950's.
There are way more people now compared to back then too.
Population in USA.
1950 151, 325, 798
2021 333, 786, 570
@@HeatherLikesArt There was organized crime like the mafia, but random shootings, muggings, people knocking each other out etc. was extremely rare. People were more civilized/moral it seems.
Ahh the atomic age
@@marvin60000 I think that’s generally true, but don’t forget that the African American community went through some terrible stuff during that era
I remember these days and I miss them so much. growing up as a child with my siblings I remember decorating those kind of x-mas trees and all of us getting just 1 gift and we were all so excited and not expecting more. Kids now days expect such expensive stuff and a multitude of gifts. LOVED having NO electronics, we PLAYED OUTSIDE till the sun went down. We didn't have much money but boy I have so many awesome memories. The 50's and 60's ROCKED
Yeah when you played with your toys you had to use your imagination. Kids today only want money or some form of technology.
Child of the 50s and 60s. Remember when the tinsel would get stuck in the bulb and sparks would fly out of it? The tree would fall down in the living room at least once every year. What wonderful heavenly times. If I could only go back.
I was a kid in the 70’s and have the greatest memories of the holiday season. The time of year from Thanksgiving through Christmas was magical. Why? The family unit was so strong. My grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins all lived within 10 miles of each other and all got along so well. No divorces, drama, etc. so the Season allowed us to all get together and celebrate. I really miss those days!
Divorce and drama is the only thing that has EVER defined my family ..... LOL. Yea, I really miss those days too, my grandparents especially.
So beautiful, nostalgic and precious. What a magnificent beauty way back then. children get to experience the spirits of the X-mas and go around with their friends and family. Today, kids just focused on their gadgets and stay at couch without even care for the season that comes one's a year.
HI Divas Live - great comment.. the only thing I would say though is, never take the Christ out of Christmas.. Xmas isn't really Christmas, it's just Mas with an X in front of it.
Ain't that the damn truth about kids today. The internet has detracted as much from life as perhaps it had added, but I was happy without it!
He has as much to do with as you make it. People have interpreted the 25th as the Saviour's birthday which it has ever been touted as a day of celebration of His birth. And your history is reversed in principle of Constantine's idea.
@Blu - Who gives a heck about the date...? What does it change if it was the 21 , the 25 or the 29..? it's the same, because we Christians celebrate the coming of our beloved Lord jesus Christ, that's the main thing.
@Blu I agree, read Jeremiah 10- however, I used to be one of those clinched fist anti christmas people- but things are so serious in the world, and I sure don't care or see anything wrong with trees, lights, music, eggnogg blah blah lol. Long as people are happy with it. After all, we are under grace Rom :6:14
Unions were strong in the "Golden Days" and usually only one parent had to work.
All 6 of us kids were put in our pajamas and mom would drive us out to an area where all the many houses were lit up for blocks. What a sight for a child. I had wonderful memories growing up in Florida.
Lived it, loved it... thanks so much for sharing!
back to a better time love those days things were so different so in the spirit
I grew up in the 70s and 80s and Christmas was something special not like it is today
I grew up in the 50’s.
Not one bad memory.
Faith, Family, Friends.
Lots of Fabulous Times
I wasn’t alive in the 50’s. Grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. Very fond memories of Christmas then. My Mom always made sure all five of us kids had wonderful Christmas memories.
lots of love from a bygone era where most are God fearing Christians!
May the Lord heal the Land and restore the Glory and blessings.
@Justin Stewart - It's not God the one who is supposed to do the work down here..IT'S US !
Please enlighten me I never quite got that phrase a why you need to be scared of the old man upstairs
friendlier people, no phone obsession, dressed well (no pajamas outside), decency towards your fellow man and NO SOCIAL MEDIA....anytime I would go back
Loving this..thank you so much! I was born in '59 but so many of these images and traditions are still alive and well in my memories of the 60's.
There was no Christmas tree in our home on Christmas Eve. It, along with any presents not from friends or family, was delivered and trimmed by Santa himself. What a beautiful sight to behold on Christmas Morning! Some years later I came to realize that my parents got virtually NO sleep that night. After battling to get a hyper-excited child to sleep they still had hours of work ahead of them. My father, who rarely drank alcohol, had a few drinks one Christmas Eve. That plus lack of sleep had him feeling less than perfect the next day. As luck would have it, my favorite gift that year was a drum set. 🥁🥁 He never let on, but something tells me that may not have been Dad's best Christmas memory😄
Happier, simpler times, when everyone seemed to find joy and love at Christmas, not the mass negativity that seems to accompany the season nowadays, when all the technology that purports to bring us together is driving us ever further apart.
My joy is found in Christmas...but whichever Holiday you call yours, l wish you all blessings as you celebrate it, this and every year. And Peace and Happiness in 2020.💖
Remember it very , very well
Looks like people had real lives back then instead of the uptight whiney babies we have today.
You sound like one of those whiny babies.
There's nothing wrong with complaining niow and then. I'm sick of these stupid names for anybody who admits to being unhappy. It's better than trying to bottle things up and then biting somebody's head off.
The Dollar Guy no those come from the people back then it's generational. You should know
Which is ironic, considering all of the comments on this video are people whining about how the 50s were better than today.
@@privatebubba8876 Your triggered snowflake ass is not wanted here
Loved this..miss large family gatherings at Grandma’s for Christmas..Aunts Uncles & Cousins all lived nearby. Everyone talking and laughing with no heads stuck in a world of their own with some electronic !
Don’t forget, Jesus is the reason for this Season. A merry Christmas to all!
Oh I just love this video thanks for sharing
Beautiful...Wish i could go back to those days...I was born in the 60's but always wished i was born in 1940 so I could be aware of the 50's...
PattyAnn Marino Sounds like my story.. I often say I was born in the wrong era... :)
Agreed, born in 1961, in Brooklyn, I have listed to family and friends reminisce about the 50's my entire life. It is funny, when they try to explain it they can't find the words to describe it and get so emotional.
PattyAnn Marino I was born in 1960 in Detroit and now I wish I was born in the 20s or 30s so by now I would be gone and would not have to live this crap of today !!!
That's nice dear so you can make pennies on the dollar versus a man, have fewer rights and be subject to ongoing sexual harassment in the workplace. You just go do that.
My dad was born in 1940, was raised in Northern California and Seattle. He could probably tell you what it was like.
I'd have liked to have been around in the 50s and 60s, too. The period of time from 22 November 1963 to 08 August 1974 changed the country immensely. I think the 2020s will be a crucial decade as well, possibly the one the rest of the 21st century will be built around (similar to the 1940s).
I remember a train traveling around the tree that had smoke coming out of its stack if you put a pellet in it. I remember the smell of the tree and the hot light bulbs that made it glow, the tinsel sparkling more and swaying when anyone walked by and then might get worn on your sweater or hair if you got too close.😊
A dining room table FULL of people who loved one another and laughed together eating home cooked and baked everything. We had a big family of 5 children. Christmas was a very involved event for days..dad bringing home a tree, all of us took part in decorated it...dad stringing big lights outside, Mom baking for days ahead. The BIG meal Christmas day. The excitement Chrisman eve. Midnight mass was SO beautiful!!! The church seemed to glow with warmth and light when the stained glass windows were dark and the only source of light came from the altar. I remember being able to kiss a baby size statue the priest held for all the children to kiss, as our way to say Happy Birthday to baby Jesus and to show we would have kissed him if we had been in Bethlehem when He was born to welcome Him into the world. I loved that..I felt it made me a real part of the happiness I was able to express about the true meaning of Chrismas..My heart grows two sizes larger just thinking about Christmas in the 50's.❤
Christmas Eve was great , I still love it , it is my fav , time of the year .
I was born and raised in Chicago. Thank you for this video.
christmas in chicago... yes indeed!
LINDA BROWN I live in Chicago too
The way to buy your tree was to go to some side of the street lot like in the BB gun
movie and walk around simple unlit trees nailed to x boards standing up. Strings of bulbs on trees at home were large and not tiny. The whole tree lot was lit like some car lot at night with just white bulbs. Your father would haggle over 2 bucks on a tree price and the rope to tie it down. Don't touch your tree lights. They would get hot. If a single bulb on a strand failed, they all would fail so every one went out good or not. If you had a spare good bulb you had to go down the string on each bulb and replace every one with the spare to see if they would all light again. If no spare, back to the store. And they failed a lot. Cars were metal monsters. W We had a hole in our floorboard. Grocery stores were simple wooden shelves and no fancy walls, and you might see roaches. Matter of fact the movie was about the way it was. An era gone by.
So true
Back before the madness that is Black Friday.
@Spermwhale1000 hahaha!!
I grew up in the 50's, and I can remember that stores were never opened on Sundays. It probably wasn't until late 60's or early 70's that stores were allowed to be open after noon time on Sundays, just for 2-3 weeks before Christmas. How times have changed--and not for the better!
I was a child of the 60's. Back then it was Magical! After we have our Thanksgiving dinner, My Dad would take us all downtown New Haven and see the Christmas
Tree on the Green and al the lights! Beautiful. Christmas is gone..
I was born at the end of 53. I remember Christmas from 1959 to 1969. It was heaven.
What a treat to be reminded of when life was simple and so uncomplicated. And, no social media!
The sad part is that the young people nowadays with this cell phones in their hands 24/7 don't know what it was like in the fifties so they don't miss it
There was no need for social media. People got together in person and actually talked to each other. Now we would rather flash our lives all over the internet for total strangers to view it.
When an apple and orange and a kick in the ass was a great Christmas..
Yup! I remember my parents kicking us in the ass even on Christmas! 😂😂😂
LOL we felt lucky to get JUST a kick in the ass! most times it was a kick in the ass AND smacked with a hard board too!
Dont forget the stick of peppermint candy!
I was born in the early 50s. We didn’t have a lot of money but it didn’t really matter. No one we knew had much. Lots of family and friends around helping each other out. The toys were made to last too. I still have a doll my mother made cloths for and the high chair for the doll. I mostly miss the closeness of family and friends. We helped each other out and didn’t rely on the government. ❤
I was born in 1953, lived on our family farm with my folks and older brother. There was a vegetable garden between our house and my grandparents house. We had some wonderful Christmases. I really wish I could go back in time.....
I was only 8 years old in 1950, however, you better believe we never had it so good. The world was safe, kind, caring and for me, perfect. Today, I cannot believe what is going on in our beautiful world. It is certainly a shame.
I recognize one of the photos ! In Bristol, on State Street, where the left side of the street is Virginia, and the right side Tennessee. I remember the lights, bells, and tinsel strung across the street in the 1960s.
How I miss those days. Love that big Merry Christmas sign!
Didn't want it to end, thanks for the memories!
those were the days :)
Reminds me of the song by Mary Hopkins. Yes, "those were the days," my friend ... we thought they'd never end. Am so grateful for growing up in the 50s & 60s! 💕🙏🙏☮️
@@wyanetzweben2997 yes, very true... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days 🎵🎼🎶
never dreamed they would end :)
Brings back a lot of fond memories. Very nice video. Thanks for posting it.
I grew up in the 194-s and 50s...loved Christmas...the singing in the choir...the store windows...the radio broadcasts...riding the streetcar from my home to the city church for choir practice 3 days a week...had missed it, had later sung in Choral Concert Groups...but now (sighs) ther voice is gone since I'm now an Octogenarian...and I miss it so much...
I have been obsessed with vintage Christmas since I was a kid. Now, as an adult, I have a antique tinsel tree and boxes of antique Shiny Brites and antique Christmas ceramics that were made in Japan and they all make Christmas fell so much more special!