Remember Aluminum Christmas Trees?

[Cailin]

They're apparently in vogue again!

Have Yourself a Merry Tinny Christmas

 

[jim_slim]

Yes, I remember them. My parents had one when I was a kid, they had one of those floor lights with a color disc with blue, green, red and orange that rotated and turned the tree each color.

 

[Murrmurr]

Yes, I remember them. My parents had one when I was a kid, they had one of those floor lights with a color disc with blue, green, red and orange that rotated and turned the tree each color.

My parents bought one, too...in the late 60s, I think, maybe early 70s. They only used it two consecutive years, and only got the color wheel the second year. My dad didn't like it at all, and the color wheel didn't change his mind.

Me and my siblings didn't like it much, either...in large part because we looked forward every year to going up to the mountains with Dad to cut our own tree.

 

[WheatenLover]

No, we didn't have one growing up. My sister collects them and their color wheels.

 

[Tom52]

My parents had an aluminum Christmas tree when I was just a kid. It rotated and had the 4 color wheel. They were very popular in the early 60's.

They are very valuable today. I was at a flea market about a month ago and a fellow had one for sale including the color wheel. Price was $350.00! Not 5 minutes later a guy walked past me carrying that tree back to his car. Check some of their prices on eBay if you want a shock.

 

[debodun]

I had a 4 ft one in my bedroom back in the 1970s when we lived in the house where I grew up. I think I sold it quite a while back.

 

[Nathan]

The Festivus pole, a simple but elegant holiday tree shares common roots with the Aluminum Christmas tree. Highly adaptable, with a wide breadth of decoration options, the Festivus pole / Aluminum Christmas tree is sure to bring warmth and joy into your household.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Bah hum bug

 

[Pinky]

When we were living in Niagara Falls (Ontario), our elderly next-door neighbour gifted us her old aluminum tree, and the red glass baubles, plus the colour-wheel. We couldn't turn down her generous offer, so, we put it in our front-room solarium. I wish we had taken a photo of it.

 

[jhummel73]

We had one in the 60s. We never had the color wheel though. Guess they thought it was too pricey. My sister and I loved the tree because of the way the branches were stored in cardboard tubes and when we pulled a branch out of the tube it was fun to watch the tensile needles spring open as it slid out.