What Was Christmas Like in 1950s America?

A simpler and more magical time I miss it.We didn’t have loads of presents but we had loads of Christmas joy ❤

I was born in 1954. My mom made Christmas beautiful, my dad made it magical, my sister made it fun. I miss you all so very much.

I wish I could go back to these wonderful magical loving times and stay there❣️

I am so thankful for having experienced the world of the 1950s in the US. We did not need much, had zero "social media", and TV was limited, strong families, kids were safe in their communities, entertainment was entertaining and kids were actually educated in school -- all that stuff....

I'm 73 and I can still remember simple Christmas joy not from a boatload of gifts but from family and friends celebrating the Yule tide season together! When I was 13 the family across the street got an aluminum tree and color wheel that I found fascinating and beautiful. I would stand at the window in my darkened bedroom and watch and enjoy! Then I would sit in the living room and appreciate our lovely traditional tree.

I was born in 1950 and this sure brings back a lot of great memories. We always had full Christmas trees filled with glass ornaments, bubble lights, tinsel and a lighted angel on the top. Mounds of presents from Santa and lots of homemade candy, cookies and the like. Friends and family were over all through the Christmas season and Mom was always giving out candy and baked goods to anyone who dropped by. We had wonderful Christmas's!

It was the best time to be a child in the 50s and Christmas was no exception. I grew up and lived in the very best of times....and we had to do things that made you actually "think" before computers and smart phones. These things have actually made people lazy and unable to comunicate properly with others.

7:44 - Back then, Mr. Potato Head did not include the plastic potato body -- consumers were expected to use an actual potato.

The 1950's weren't all that wealthy. Many felt that the U.S. would slip back into the depression after WWII. That said, I still remember great Christmas gifts. On year I got a toboggan! That was huge. But the biggest Christmas gift of all came in 1958. I remember it like yesterday. Christmas eve found me, my Dad and his buddy Ed out in the fish house. I got dark and we weren't catching a thing. Oh but the "bottle bass" were really running! Dad and Ed were getting pretty loaded and each of my calls to "Let's go Dad" only brought out another round of beers. But finally they'd had enough and we headed home. There it was, under the tree. I slid it out of its container and held it in my hands for the first time. It was a Winchester model 62A 22 pump! I knew I had reach a new rung on the ladder to adulthood. It wasn't new, my Dad had put in a kitchen counter for my Grandma in exchange for the rifle that had belonged to my Uncle. I didn't get to shoot it until the following spring, when my Dad took me to a gravel pit for some plinking. And yes, I still have that rifle - 65 years later!

I saw all the 1950s. There is nostalgia here but also sadness. The folks that gathered around the tree and the dinner table are all gone. So are those TV shows and most of the department stores. That was so long ago that it used to snow and people often heated with coal. People commonly died in their 50s and that was normal.

I was born in 1942. We had lovely decorations at Xmas, in the ‘50’s but minimal and practical presents and fun stocking stuffers!

🔵THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THE 50'S AND 60'S WAS NO CELL PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA.🔴

The application of icicles was special. First the technique started slow & deliberate, then we ended flinging icicles onto the branches. The adults would then threaten us that next year we’d never do icicles again. The following Christmas there it sat…a brand new box of virgin icicles ready to be ravaged!

Those bubble lights were a throwback to earlier times when they put actual candles on trees.

Great video. My aunt and uncle had the aluminum tree, andy grandparents had the bubble lights. I was born in 57. A simpler time I wish I could relive. I miss the magic.

My brother and myself received so much at every Christmas. I guess I was what people would call “spoiled”. I always took care of my things and have so many games from the 60’s. Even have my Barbie, Midge and Ken dolls. When I was a teenager, a little girl came to visit and she never had a doll before. I went in to my bedroom and gathered up a car trunkful of dolls. If I still had them today, the dolls would be considered collectibles. But seeing how happy it made that little girl, it was all worth it.

I wish I could find a silver aluminum tree. My mom had one and I loved Christmas at her house. Wonderful memories. I lost her twenty two years ago on my 30th birthday. I miss her so.

Remembering the 50's and can attest it was the best of times.

I don't recall any abundant Christmas's as a kid in the 50s...I still believe and I am 73'...🌲🌲🌲

I was born in 1951 and I remember Christmas in the 50s and 60s very well. We always had a huge tree in front of our fireplace and lots of presents with all the lights on the tree and ornaments with an angel at the top of the tree. We always had family gathering my grandmother would start making cookies before Thanksgiving for Christmas, and I would always find them in big tins and sneak some every chance I could. It was a wonderful time and even some snow at Christmas sometimes. I still love Christmas! 8:11