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Sounds quite horrible aluminium Christmas trees etc ......Here in england things were slightly different , firework Christmas crackers , The family , the ornaments for proper Christmas trees were lovely grottoes . The only thing we here now are illegal immigrants

I miss the Sears and Montgomery Wards Christmas Wish Books they were fabulous. I and my sisters were so excited to see the Wish book come in the mail every year. My mother hated shopping in general she much preferred shopping by mail catalog, so the catalogs worked well for my mom. such good memories Life was simpler then I remember the wonderful old Christmas films: It's a Wonderful Life, The Bishops Wife, A Christmas Carol, the Bells of St Mary's, Boys town, Christmas in Connecticut, White Christmas and Holiday Affair so many films Such good films

British viewers of a certain age, will recognise lovely television presenter, Val Singleton (of Blu Peter fame) ; seen here doing some shopping with co-presenter Christopher Trace.

I remember my mama and dad had that tree you showed I couldn't. Stand it I was glad when my mama gave it away But now since I got old I think that tree 🎄 is really cool

I’ve seen a bunch of these the last few years 🤣🤪

I still hand make my own Christmas ornaments for our tree. I loved looking through the SEARS wish magazine, too, and miss that magazine a lot! I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, so I do remember the aluminum Christmas tree that we had in the 1960s. We have still got our "fake" tree that we put up every Christmas. We don't like killing small trees for Christmas! lol! Our family used to love watching the Christmas specials by Carol Burnett and Andy Williams, and we tried never to miss A Christmas Carol, made in 1959, with Alistair Sim as Scrooge! Those were the days! TFS! ~Janet in Canada

I had an old friend who was still putting up an aluminum Christmas tree every year into the 1990s. Complete with blue glass bulbs and the rotating color wheel. He bought it in the early 1970s. Unfortunately the aluminum tree didn't make it into the 21st century since he passed away in 1998.

👋🏻Scary propaganda 👋🏻

Today, in some environments, you're not encouraged to say "Merry Christmas!". Sad.

I remember all those wonderful memories. All the adults are gone, the celebrations at grandma’s are gone and now so many of my first cousins have died.

The little Red Truck is worn slap out.

The tinsel we have today isnt as pretty as the old stuff

Coca Cola is too busy being woke to have anything to do with Christmas now.

I miss the Christmas concert we preformed every year. And Christmas break. Now it’s winter break. A Christmas tree and little inexpensive wrapped gifts under the tree, often the lifesavers candy book. I loved those things.

always had a real tree.

I'm sorry, but I just dislike the new lights and blow up balloon decorations. Illegal use of Christmas, I say! My family would hang tinsel on the tree, so careful and beautiful. And sometimes the kitty cat would climb the tree! You can't buy tinsel anymore. I have my mom's recipes, shortbread and mince tarts are so good. But I gave up on Christmas cake.

Most of these traditions, especially the ones that took place outside of the safety of your own home, were ruined by blacks taking over our country and destroying it.

My earliest memories (age six) of Christmas past include watching the Christmas parade on Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee . My mom took me to see the department store Holiday displays afterwards, along with a visit with Santa Claus at the Boston Store. One year we were waiting at bus stop and stood in front of a Candy Store that smelled incredible. Mom bought me a special treat and I will remember our adventure together for as long as I live. I’m 72 now and still can smell the Candy Shop and see the dancing elves in the store window displays. Happy Holidays everyone. 🎄

I am 66 years old and did not experience many of these, because THANK GOD I didn't have to live in some urban hell, and was out in the country.

I think it liked all the family around. Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandma and Grandpa, of course my folks and siblings. I'm sure there were gifts. But the best memories were the people around. Listening to the grown-ups talk and laugh. Us kids playing, the adults playing with us. A board game my Grandpa made long before I was thought of, always brought out for us kids to play. (Chinese checkers) And the food, omg, my grandma could cook and bake- everything on and in a wood stove/oven. Sledding, snowmobiling, skating. It felt like Christmas began on Thanksgiving and continued through until Easter. Nap time, finding the bed with the coats piled on top and snoozing under all of them. Then on to my other grandmas. I had a lot of grandmas. Oh my. Oh my.. such wonderful times.One grandma had a twin! Waiting until my cousin fell asleep watching the football game. Going out looking for oysters for the oyster stuffing.😂 Oh ya had to be there. "Where's the oyster stuffing?!"

I loved going through the Sears Wish Book.

Mettle trees have bin around since the twenties or thirties my family had to have one, my uncle has is allergic to pine.

I still send Christmas cards every year, though I get very few in return. It’s very sad.

What about those colorful wall decorations made out of slightly melted plastic discs they called "popcorn"? They were shaped like Santa, snowmen, reindeers and other Christmas themed items. They also made these for other holidays also. ❤

I miss all the variety shows that were on in the 1960s and 70s--Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, Glenn Campbell, Andy Williams--and they always had a great holiday special with guest stars and wonderful performances. My whole family would gather to watch them.

I put a Train underneath our Christmas Tree. My grandkids love it so much, each one of the families has bought their own.

I actually never cared for the Charlie Brown Christmas show 😂

The company Christmas party that was rowdy and alcohol fueled! Today’s functions are sterile and boring and concerned more about keeping HR from getting involved!

Christmas plays at home? How about reenactment of the Christmas nativity story? Had costumes for all the parts, and the scripture would be read as kids acted. 😊

Tree angels are not at all hard to find. Several of these are still a thing

What upsets me the most is the attacks on using the word Christmas. So many places are saying holiday like Christmas is a bad word. I get verbally upset when someone says holiday tree or holiday lights.

Sears Christmas Wish Book didn't disappear from Canada until Sears did in the 2000s, although during the last 10 years of its life, the book would get smaller and smaller, just like the phone book til there was nothing left lol

My family didn’t do Christmas plays.

Never saw any live reindeer.

Eggnog is still popular but our parents did the last punch and I'm 60.

Never heard of family plays or coca cola caravans.

Spending 45 minutes changing each lightbulb out on a string of lights.. 1 lightbulb at a time to find the 1 light that went out…. Those old strings of lights, 1 light goes out the whole string went out.

The catalogs….i have fond memories of my brother and I going through the toy sections of national and local department store catalogs and dreaming of all the toys they offered.

I didn’t know the coke tricks actually existed. I thought they were just commercials.

There are a lot of these traditions that I participated in back in the 60's and 70's. And some I still continue. But, I must admit that I miss the magic of the enchanted village in Jordan Marsh in Boston. Or visits to Edaville Railroad. One tradition that still persists in parts of Vermont is neighborhoods putting out voters candles in milk jugs lining their property. Simple, but it is a tradition to drive around looking at the lights,

Many of these products are still available in stores. It could be very interesting to compare the ingredients between the two era…. I just discovered your channel and I really appreciate it! Wish you tons of success!

I have the tinsel, the hand blown ornaments and the bubble lights on my tree right now. Missing from this list are the REAL Christmas lights, the C7 50s bulbs with colors like pink and canary yellow. Honorable mention is the 35 lite double flasher sets from the early 70s. These are what I have on my tree right now. Maintenance is a certifiable nightmare and it's AWESOME when a set goes out on the tree. 🫤

Nothing special here I have alot of vintage stuff

I wish I saw the Christmas ads when I was a kid!

First of all, Christmas markets are definitely making a comeback. Where I live, most cities and towns have one. It might be up for only a weekend, but it would be there. The Christmas Market would be where local artisans would sell their wares. It is still a good place to buy neat things you will not find in stores. The eggnog tradition is still alive and well at least here in Eastern MA. In the 1960s and 70s, my family purchased their Christmas cards. You could buy Christmas cards that you colored / painted (which we did, for I am an artist), but this was extremely rare. I would make a Gingerbread House. Lots of work, lots of fun. Being that my mother's family is Norwegian, I would make dozens of sugar cookies, to be given to neighbors and guests. Christmas is a big deal in Nordic homes. I made Christmas crackers. You'd ask your friends to save the cardboard from a toilet paper roll, because three TP rolls = 1 cracker starting in October / November. Paper towel cardboard rolls worked, but you would have to cut them. You'd need a craft store that sold snaps (that was the hard part). You'd then need a crepe paper crown party hat (a store that sold snaps likely sold crowns). You'd need a funny adage, written on a slip of paper and a party favor that fit in the tube. I used jewelry, friendship bracelets, homemade keychains, yarn dollies, etc. You'd also need wrapping paper and ribbons, to hold the ends shut. Now, you can buy Christmas crackers in the store (they can be expensive). Getting snaps for homemade crackers is much harder now. Christmas crackers were a staple of Christmas parties. (As a kid, I actually sold Christmas Crackers to neighbors for their Christmas parties. They would have to supply the trinkets, especially if it was an adult party. One adult party had nips as the trinket in the Christmas Crackers... Cheers! Most people preferred my homemade gifts to store bought stuff. I still make my own cards, but because I usually needed about three boxes of Christmas cards, I've ended up buying them. However, I put a homemade Christmas ornament in all my cards (yes, it increases the postage...) and for those who have cats, I put a toy laced with homemade catnip for the cats to shred. I hated most of the Christmas TV specials from the 1960s and 70s. In the early 70s, during December, taking the school bus home meant a session of Christmas carolling.

Gen-X children and older boomers consume these foods that are unhealthy!

I love all these old commercials and traditions! Thank you for posting this! (As the daughter of a retired advertising executive, I especially appreciated seeing my dad's commercial included. He created the Coca Cola Holidays Are Coming Trucks commercial.) ❤❤❤

1961 here, grandma and grandpa had that terrifying tree.

it's not completely dead yet. I still have a Lionel train under my tree. locomotive, with smoke. complete with toys r us boxcar.

Born in 71, awesome list! Creepy Crawlers was fun, too!