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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 Christmas tree surely becomes the center of attention during the festive season, but there are a lot more things that can illuminate the Christmas spirit for the joyous occasion. And this is true for both contemporary Christmas decoration ideas and the ones used in the past. And while you're probably somewhat familiar with the first, you most likely don't know as much about the vintage Christmas decorations. Compiled by Bored Panda, these unique vintage photos of Christmas home decorations from the 1950s-60s will definitely change that!

(h/t vintageeveriday)

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The idea of the Christmas gifts fitting on a small table seems way more sustainable than the mountains of gifts we see nowadays.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was the tree we had growing up in the 60s. You could not put electric lights on them (you could get a powerful shock), but you had a lighted "color wheel" on the floor projecting colored light onto the silver branches.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The color of all the trees in A Charlie Brown Christmas are starting to make sense.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have some glass balls like those. They were my great-grandmother's.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like the man of the house received a naugahide recliner & 4 bar stools for the basement rec-room & the lady of the house received a floor scrubber/polisher/buffer!! 🙄🤣

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha tinsel the absolute bane of any parent's existence especially when trying to vacuum it up....

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES! the built-in adapter for the 45's! And that bracket on the lid to hold your singles!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! I would have KILLED for that kitchen set when I was a kid. What can I say? I was always into cooking.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh that pedal car is FANTASTIC!!! Mike from the American Pickers would GO CRAZY for this pedal car. ❤️👍🏻❤️👍🏻

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Christmas was so simple back then and people actually sent christmas cards too.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had a white tree with color-coordinated ornaments like that. It was pretty, but not as much fun as a mixture of ornaments collected over the years.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Grandma had those singing kids/angels in the red and green. She put them out every year for decades!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Notice how most of these photos feature the television set, prominently displayed.

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Adele Maestranzi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They used to sell thin cardboard sheets with a brick pattern printed on them as a fake fireplace.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was wondering why that brick pattern was featured in so many pictures.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TV sets, fake mantles, tinsel and aluminum trees were a big deal when I was a kiddo.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They were cardboard and some of them had lights inside to look like "fire". In truth, they were a fire hazard all by themselves. Incandescent bulbs get hot....

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the 2 awesome movie posters on the wall as art. They look like real sized lobby cards from the theatre.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see the BOGART poster in the background,,,,,,,,,,someone had taste,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How come none of the trees have Angel hair like we had,also little musical glass instruments in the 50's and 60's

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something tells me there is a boy in this family. We girls were never allowed to play with boy's toys, but they had the neatest toys.

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