Holiday Nostalgia...

Quicken Anja · December 2

Happy December, and with it we bring you some—✨ Holiday Nostalgia Icebreaker ✨

Every year, the holidays bring out memories I didn’t even realize were still tucked away in my brain. Especially when it comes to decorations. Growing up, our Christmas tree always had tinsel—not the classy, evenly placed kind, but the “grab a handful and toss it at the tree” method. We also had those old-school multicolored lights and the infamous bubble lights that fascinated me as a kid. I remember staring at them like they were tiny lava lamps. Now, as an adult—I’m convinced they are one of the most questionable décor choices ever made… but I still smile when I think about them.

Here's a photo of the bubble lights, courtesy of Google:

What’s one holiday décor item, tradition, or memory from your childhood that instantly takes you back?
Was it charming, strange, chaotic, or something you didn’t realize was weird until you grew up? Share your nostalgia below—bonus points for pictures, if you have them! 🎄✨

Quicken Kristina · December 2

For me, it would be Stan and Doug Yust go Nuts at Christmas. It was Dad's go to Christmas music album on Christmas day.

Quicken Alyssa · December 2

I love your posts, they definitely bring back some memories!

I have so many nostalgic holiday memories, but one childhood tradition was making those construction-paper chains at school. We’d glue them together in class, proudly carry them home, and then hang them up so we could tear off one link each day until Christmas. Honestly, half the time the chain fell apart before we even made it to December 10th, but we never complained about putting it back together.

And don’t even get me started on Advent calendars. I always promised myself I’d open just one little chocolate a day… and yet somehow the entire left side of the calendar would mysteriously “disappear” within the first week. 😅

Funny how those tiny traditions end up sticking with us the most.

Palace · December 2

Well, I guess it would be Christmas lights and "Rabbit Poop"? 🙊 Nice little town I live in (most of the time). What irks me though for the last 25 or 30 years the predominate, official Christmas decorations this little town uses are Large, White Blub lit snowflake lights. On the main drag, from one end of town to the other. It's getting OLD, at least to me, but I guess majority like it? I remember 60 - 70 years ago this town strung Multi-Colored Large Bulb Christmas Lights zig-zagging all down the main street. They looked Great to me, very festive 🎁🌃 Reminiscent of the Season. Now, on to rabbit poop. In small park occasionally the town had a Living manger scene. You know, the Baby Jesus, Joseph and Mary, the Shephard's, 3 Wise Men. Also of course, don't forget the animals. The manger scene here (best I remember since I was only about 3 years old) had a donkey, cow, chickens, and for some reason a rabbit. Did they keep rabbits around the houses back then. Anyway, had rabbit here. I noticed the rabbit had little round acorn like things around his little area. I ask Dad, "What are those little round things around the rabbit?", Reply was, "Son, that is rabbit poop." " Wow, I replied, I sure didn't know they did it that way?" So there you have it, Old timey, festive Christmas lights, Manger Scenes and Rabbit Poop, they instantly take me back to those Christmas Days of Yore 😉🤣

John_in_NC · December 2

Interesting. I guess my memories were typical, and in my case helping the family go down the crawlspace hatch to fetch the typical Christmas decorations of that era. Nothing fancy, outside of all the personalized ornaments my mother had made/were given to us. Being in the midwest then, it was usually chilly out. It was fun as a kid.

I also had childhood friends with welcoming families, so I was lucky I could go to their homes as they lit the candles on their Chanukia. I felt I felt honored and showed respect to be invited to their various religious events.

As I aged, the whole assembly/disassembly of holiday decorations got old real fast :-) Putting up is fun, but taking down is a drag. So, I toned it down. My basement is devoid of stored decorations now. . .except for one I chose to keep:

This was your typical ceramic tree seniors made in the 70s, and it is easy to put up/take down. It reminds me of her/home, and I now keep it in my kitchen each year.

NotACPA · December 3

For many years (mid-1970's - early 1990's) our tree was a live Norfolk Island Pine, about 3 feet tall.

For the holidays, we'd decorate it with small white ribbons and tiny ornaments. The rest of the year it was a plant in our living room.

Made set-up and take-down quite easy … and no dead needles to deal with!

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