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One of my faves was a wind up church/chapel that played "the first noel" i think...and if you looked through the window which i had broken you could see the mechanics that created the music...it was one of those rollers that had spikes on at intervals that struck on the relevant strand of metal and created the tune...it was amazing to me, not sure where it went though. When i sit down and think of all the things id cherish if i still had them these days compared to when i did have them and thought they were tat i could scream. These days things are so disposable, year after year I/we replace decorations that have nothing wrong with them for newer ones just because "this year i want a black tree with all red decorations"..its crazy.
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Me too! A H & S no no nowadays!Originally posted by zip55 View Post
As a child we had a big box of tree decorations that was kept all year on top of the wardrobe in Mum & Dad's room. The baubles were all glass then and very fragile. one of our favourites was a clear glass ball with a panda painted on it. My sister once went to get something from the wardrobe and pulled it over onto herself. Many of the baubles got broken in the fall but luckily not Panda. I don't know what eventually happened to him as we all grew up and left home.Leave a comment:
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Christmas in 1970s Dewsbury W.Yorks before the bad press was great. Santa came round the villages on a low back truck to collect letters from the kids. He went back to his Grotto in J&Bs department store and gave out Matchbox cars just for telling him what you wanted for Christmas. life was so simple then.Leave a comment:
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Unfortunately I am old enough to remember real candles on our Xmas tree, before fairy lights came in ...Leave a comment:
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I made a bit list of things I remember from past Xmases here:
https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/t...ere-Growing-UpLeave a comment:
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Snobs! you are right, some folk just want to be as impressive and lavish as they can dont they? It's not Christmas it seems to be a crass vulgarity show for some?
I remember going to J. C. Smiths (now Debenhams) when I wa 4 or 5 and having a "Cracker Tea" sandwiches a jelly and bottle of pop called Zing and a cracker, pink of blue crepe paper with a silver embossed santa and silver cuffs on the ends of the cracker! I loved it! They had the best Santas Grotto too! Part of the storerooms upstairs all hung with black cloth and lit with blue red and green subdued lighting, even had little fountains and running water to give the real grotto effect. Each year it had a theme, and at the end was Santa! Great Christmases simpler times.Leave a comment:
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Oh yes the big, flat, thick Cadburys chocolate bell Christmas decorations! My dad used to hide them in his inside pockets and pretend he'd forgotten to bring them but us kids always knew he wouldn't let us down! They WERE bigger and thicker back then weren't they?Leave a comment:
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Hey, I recall the chocolate bell shapes! I think we had angel shapes too; not to mention the chocolate money in little net bags.Leave a comment:
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I used to love the fold out paper decorations. I'm sure my mum must still have some, she never throws anything away. Another memory is the cadbury chocs that you used to hang on the tree. They always had a kind of bell shape.Leave a comment:
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Yeah i still have some of those baubles in pics no1 and 4 hanging around too... there were numerous christmas decorations that we used to have that arent popular anymore..have we become such snobs?
These days people ignore decorations unless theyre fibre optic or move but the simple things like those christmas tree chain decorations that spelled out "merry christmas" are the most charming things I remember. card holders in the shape of rudolph and reindeers, santa boot with white cotton wool fur at the top containing sweets/toffees and my fave of all..those chains that used to go from each corner to the centre of the room then youd put 4 hanging decorations in the gaps created.Leave a comment:
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At school I remember making paper chains and a little Santa out of a toilet roll tube which hung around under the Christmas tree for years (my friend who works at a primary school says toilet roll tubes are now banned because of health and safety!!!
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I always wanted my parents to put lights and snow around the windows but they never did. My electrician dad was always bleating on about lights setting the curtains ablaze. On the up side we had about 4 sets of different shaped lights all connected to one plug on the tree
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I used to love the days when Christmas trees were a mish mash of obscure multicoloured baubles and lights. Mine still is. I inherited mam's ancient decorations when she decided to go posh years ago and have tastefully decorated trees. I always get loads of happy memories from my childhood Christmases when I get those baubles out.Leave a comment:
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So nice to see all those decorations! That has really conjured up the childish excitement I used to feel, lovely!
Somewhere (yes somewhere! when I can find where I have put it!) I have a large roll of genuine 1970s christmas paper! Many different designs,cheap quality, basic printing (not your glossy posh stuff No!) The sort you could see through if you looked hard enough! And remember the rustly crackle of it on Christmas morning?
I will dig it out and photo some of them if possible.Leave a comment:
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I remember my parents hanging little 'presents' on the tree, basically little cubes of polystyrene (can't spell it lol) just wrapped up pretty and I used to open them all!! lol just incase they were little presents, well you never know! lol
We also had little cardboard angels, that were quite detailed, wearing white and gold robes, really pretty
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My Mum got some spray like that & used it on all the windows. After she found how hard it was to get off she never used it again.Originally posted by mazzer View PostLeave a comment:
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