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Home For The Holidays or realistically tree-like. But, under a rotating color wheel, it looked terrific! The Lights. In 1917, Albert Sadacca, (15 at the time), invented the “safety Christmas light,” prompted by a candlelit tree tragedy in New York. Albert’s invention became the cornerstone of the NOMA Electric Company, the world’s largest supplier of holiday lighting. Another baby boomer favorite: “bubble lights,” tubes of fluid attached to globular plastic lighted bases. Introduced just after World War II, “bubblers” have fallen in and out of favor, (early tubes sometimes leaked, or refused to produce bubbles), but less troubleprone modern versions have enjoyed a resurgence. The Holly, The Ivy, & All That Other Green Stuff. In medieval Europe, cold and wintry Christmas weather was the norm, just right for the unfriendly spirits rumored to prowl the countryside. But,
Let the unwrapping begin! It’s Christmas morning, and finally time to open the presents! Reynolds Aluminum ad, early 1960s.
A baby boomer pair eagerly await Christmas Eve. The author and his sister, 1950s.
holiday knick-knacks remain extremely affordable, primarily because they were produced in such vast quantities. After the restrictions of World War II were eased, decorative Christmas items by such importers as Lefton, Napco, and Enesco flooded the market. Like individual sparkling “Stained glass” Nativity set, five piece. Tallest section 5-1/2 inchsnowflakes, they recapture-at es high, $15-$20. least for a moment-the nostalgic appeal of a more innocent time. “Home for the holidays.” It means something different to each of us. For a baby™ Cut glass serving dish, brimming with holiday greenery. 12 inch- boomer like myself, “home es long, $150-$175. for the holidays” means
DonaldBrian Johnson is the co-author of numerous Schiffer books on design and collectibles, including “Postwar Pop: Memorabilia of the MidTwentieth Century.” He’ll be home for Christmas, in Chatfield, Minn. Please address inquiries (or holiday greetings) to: donaldbrian@msn.com.
Museum Of American Glass Publishes “A Glass Lover’s Cookbook”
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Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, The Museum of American Glass, located at 230 Main Ave. in Weston, W. Va., has published “A Glass Lover’s Cookbook” that is just right for the glass lovers and food lovers on your gift list. This unique and attractive spiral-bound cookbook measures 6 by 9 inches and has 295 pages and over 240 recipes contributed by the museum’s friends from across the United States and Canada. The book
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has full-color illustrations of over 100 pieces of glassware from the museum’s collection. Each of the 12 sections is introduced with a relevant color photo. For example: a pitcher and tumbler for the breakfast and brunch recipes, a centerhandled server for the appetizer recipes, a covered butter for the bread recipes, a place setting for the entrée recipes, and a divided relish for the condiments and sauce recipes. To learn more, call 304-269-5006 or visit www.magwv.com.
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with ornaments and ungainly colored NOMA bulbs, were the hallmarks of the ‘50s “green tree.” Artificial trees were first introduced in 1950 by the Addis Company. Their other best-seller: toilet brushes. • Flocked. A staple of the 1960s, the intended overall effect of a snow-covered tree in the moonlight was enhanced by hundreds of tiny twinkle lights peeping through artificial snow. White flocking was the norm, but eerily phosphorescent blue trees and Pepto-Bismol pink trees also had their fans. For the especially ambitious, home flocking kits were available. • Aluminum. The silvery aluminum tree with its pompom branches came with built-in disadvantages. It couldn’t tolerate electric bulbs and wouldn’t hold many ornaments. The aluminum tree was more a modern-age “idea” of a tree, rather than anything remotely
www.antiquesandauctionnews.net Mexico, Joel R. Poinsett. Like flocked trees, poinsettias came in an assortment of colors, from ivory and blue, to multi-hued and glitterenhanced. But, for the true baby boomer, a poinsettia is, and always will be, red. The Knick-Knacks. Who knew there could be so many variations on a theme? After all, over the years the cast of holiday characters has remained fairly constant. There’s the Holy Family (with, of course, accompanying angels, Wise Men, shepChristmas Eve, and the carol- herds, and livestock). Santa. ers are in full voice. This Day Mrs. Santa. The elves and the cover, December, 1953. $5-$10. reindeer There are choruses of carolers, from Dickensyno matter how bitter the tem- elegant, to winsome, scarfperature, holly stayed green bundled urchins. Mix in such year-round. Could it be relative Johnny-come-latelies magic? Well, just in case, it as the Grinch, Frosty, never hurt to “deck the halls” Rudolph, the Little Drummer by placing a few holly boughs Boy, and the “Charlie Brown” over the front door to keep the gang in full holiday mode, banshees at bay. and the seasonal circle is As for all those wreaths, complete. garlands, and other indoor But oh, the variety! greenery? They served as During the 1950s and ‘60s, natural air fresheners during the interpretations of this gloomy winter days before standard cast of characters the age of Glade. were seemingly endless. They The Poinsettia. were featured on holiday Impossible to spell correctly, candy dishes. Holiday ash these richly colorful plants trays. Holiday tea towels and have been equally impossible drinking glasses, cookie to miss, from 1950s plates, salt-and-peppers, and Christmases right up to the candleholders. The Nativity present. They’re named after was re-envisioned by artisans the man who, in 1828, intro- as diverse as Lladro ceramists duced them to the United and Zulu tribesmen. States: Ambassador to Today, baby boomer
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