Vintage Christmas

[Derek Sutton]

You need to get some red and green construction paper and make one of those (chain) linked hangy decorations like we did in art class. Make some paper snow flakes to hang from the front window. Also, try and find an old fake tree. The fake trees of the 80’s were terrible. Maybe a family member has an old one kicking around somewhere, or try a thrift store.

With four kids in our family, our decorations consisted of a lot of sh**y art class projects.

Oh and a dish of mixed nuts with a nut cracker, every house had had one of these out during Christmas in the 80’s.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Calgary14

Not a decoration but I remember the Sears Wishbook. I studied that thing for hours when making my Christmas list as a kid

Consumers distributors for me.

[Russic]

Don't mess this up.

[Superflyer]

Originally Posted by Russic

Don't mess this up.

Yes, the ones out now have the bulbs as part of the tree, the old ones had them where you could remove them. I liked that because I could rearrange them and make patterns

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Calgary14

Not a decoration but I remember the Sears Wishbook. I studied that thing for hours when making my Christmas list as a kid

We were poor, so it was Consumers Distributing and a 20 minute wait to find out it wasn’t in stock.

Edit: the Captain beat me to it, but I think I got the store title right.

[Nufy]

I still have the Cooper baseball glove my parents got for me in 1978.

At Consumers Distributing...Still in good shape too...

Hopefully will be able to give to a Grandkid eventually.

[Barnet Flame]

They did incredible deals on ColecoVision cartridges.

I also got Head to Head Football there - it still worked last time I saw it about 20 years ago

[Puppet Guy]

We're gonna go REAL vintage in my household and observe the pre-Christian Yule rites...most of which have been co-opted anyways, so who will know the difference?

That Wicker Man left over on my lawn from Halloween will be decorated as the Great Horned Hunter God.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

We're gonna go REAL vintage in my household and observe the pre-Christian Yule rites...most of which have been co-opted anyways, so who will know the difference?

That Wicker Man left over on my lawn from Halloween will be decorated as the Great Horned Hunter God.

It ain't Christmas without a sacrifice to Santa Clause praying for a bountiful stack of gifts and the intestines of your enemy under the Christmas tree.

[dubc80]

Use this stuff up the railings on your stairs.
I remember this stuff being a mess.

Spoiler!

[KTrain]

You need a few Sears Wishbooks laying around for the lead-up to Christmas.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

It ain't Christmas without a sacrifice to Santa Clause praying for a bountiful stack of gifts and the intestines of your enemy under the Christmas tree.

That's the spirit, Captain! Come on over for the bonfire and I'll treat you to a Pict's skulll full of blood mead.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by dubc80

Use this stuff up the railings on your stairs.
I remember this stuff being a mess.

Spoiler!

We used to wrap a couple strings of that round the tree AND we would drape some tinsel around the ends of the branches:

This one shows the tinsel only though

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I don't see most people with stuff like this anymore as new tech has replaced it or it's considered gaudy. Especially the train and icicle lights.

Stockings on the tree I seem to recall were common because not everyone had a fireplace.

And presents under the tree... the amount of people who basically say they buy their own presents rather than receive stuff from others is pretty high. Most "Christmas presents" are opened well in advance of Christmas now.

It is not a proper Christmas tree without a train running around the base. I picked up one of these bad boys a few years back - the kids love it.

http://www.lionel.com/products/the-p...-1225-6-31960/

[pylon]

Haha, Vintage Christmas? I call that every Christmas at my parents place at least. They are still using the same ornaments and decorations they had when we were kids in the 70's and 80's. We have this ratty gift bow... I guess it's a gag-gift bow now, I shart you not.... that dates back to 1979 or 1980 and gets taped to someone's present every year. Half of the bows in my mom's box of bows are at least 20 years old. Throw one away and face the wrath. She just refuses to buy new ones.

She calls it environmentally friendly.... when in reality she's just a cheap ass. LOL

[Barnet Flame]

I’ve been putting up the same Christmas tree for about 20 years now.

I’m thinking about getting one of them artificial trees.

[Fuzz]

I have a Disney Peter Pan ball ornament that must be from the early 80's that goes on the tree every year.

[Nancy]

Apparently there is a shortage of Christmas trees, and Ikea will not be selling any this year. So much for the cheap option, guess i will be looking at shelling out $50-$100+. I picked the wrong year to throw out our artificial tree.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ikea...es-canada-2021

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Apparently there is a shortage of Christmas trees, and Ikea will not be selling any this year. So much for the cheap option, guess i will be looking at shelling out $50-$100+. I picked the wrong year to throw out our artificial tree.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ikea...es-canada-2021

That article's from last year, but I wonder if it's still the case because the price of artificial trees has gone nuts.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

To me vintage Christmas is my dad screaming at us kids at how we ruined his life, while my mom knocked back about 9 double rum and egg nogs until she passed out.

Now that I think about it, that’s modern Christmas too.