Christmas images

[CindyLouWho]

Icicle Lights...............so beautiful!

 

[Aunt Bea]

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Great picture, reminds me of the area where I grew up right down to the little white church in the background!

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Wren]

 

[Pappy]

 

[RadishRose]

When I was small, the icicles we put on the tree were made of lead. They were heavy and soft and I remember rolling some up into tiny balls. Later they were made from shiny plastic and my parents grumbled that they just didn't hang straight . They didn't.

The names; we called them icicles and the shiny roping that went around the tree we called tinsel. Some called the icicles tinsel and the ropes garland. I never did figure it out.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Capt Lightning]

A corner of the Xmas market in Mainz, Germany.

 

[Shalimar]

When I was small, the icicles we put on the tree were made of lead. They were heavy and soft and I remember rolling some up into tiny balls. Later they were made from shiny plastic and my parents grumbled that they just didn't hang straight . They didn't.

The names; we called them icicles and the shiny roping that went around the tree we called tinsel. Some called the icicles tinsel and the ropes garland. I never did figure it out.

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Wow the manger scene is identical to my mother’s. Beautiful pics.

 

[Wren]

 

[SeaBreeze]

I loved the bubble lights, and blowing the icicles from a distance and waiting for them to move....simple pleasures. :sentimental:

 

[Aunt Bea]

Another fan of bubble lights!

We always had one of these little chimes when I was growing up.

 

[RadishRose]

Oh the chimes! We had them too. They got lost and I replaced them. Who knows where they are now?

 

[Wren]

 

[Aunt Bea]

When I was little we still had several locally owned department stores in our downtown area that always tried to out do each other.

It was always a big treat to walk downtown at night and see the elaborate Christmas window displays, similar to this one.

 

[Capt Lightning]

The fountain outside the Opera House in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

 

[Lara]

I took this photo last Christmas in Colorado using my daughter's iPhone.
We all have our own set of priorities ha
We were just driving along when I saw this Elk's Lodge sign and it made me laugh.

 

[Getyoung]

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I remember all of these very well! I still have the bubble lites, but they get soooo hot I am reluctant to use them. I also had large "snowball" lights, much nicer than the 2000 LED lights that everyone has now.

 

[jujube]

Oh, the fun of going downtown to "see the windows" at Christmas time. We had three major department stores downtown and the biggest one sometimes had the New York Macy's window stuff from the previous year. There was always a visit to Santa in the top-floor auditorium. One year there was a slide (ala "The Christmas Story") and several times a little train to ride on.

A slightly off-key small Salvation Army band would be playing outside on the sidewalk. It was always colder than sin but I don't remember that being a problem.

In later years, the city strung a zillion lights from the top of the almost 300-foot monument that was in a circle in the middle of downtown, turning it into a Christmas tree. They'd turn it on every night with great fanfare. It was spectacular.

 

[Kaya]

 

[Kaya]

 

[Kaya]

 

[Kaya]

 

[Wren]

 

[Pappy]

A golden, or should I say silver, Oldie here. Dates back to the fifties. My grandpa on right and Uncle Lenard with him. Not sure who’s on the left.