60s christmas decorations

A collection of photos from Christmas time in the 1950s and 1960s show how much decor has changed over the years for the festive season.

Style is always changing - whether you are throwing away your last year's sweater because it is hideous now or finding the home decor horrendous. On the other hand, something from twenty or so years ago is now comfortably back in fashion. And while in some instances trends change faster than seasons do, other times a vintage style might stay forever. Though you might've never thought about it, even Christmas trees aren't impervious to the trends around us.

The holiday season was a time for glitz and consumption in mid-20th-century America.

Vintage slide, marked "1946 Xmas." I wish I could make out the game on the floor. There's a saxophone ornament on the lower left-hand side of the tree.

Another Christmas family photo. Me on the floor, my sisters and brother. My sister has a Crissy doll, I wonder if she opened it early or got it last year. I did notice that blue chair is there, it was seen in a previous photo, and I mentioned I didn't remember it. I still don't. Scan from a slide. Located in Chicago IL

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These funny vintage photos show how dogs and cats greeting Christmas in the past.

Mid century Christmas decor