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Setting the Mood for a 1960s Christmas
Well, the 60s were special and setting the mood for a 60′s party takes both music and TV specials. So I compiled a list from wikipedia of the top singles, the top albums and tv specials of the 1960s. So click on the video and listen to the sounds of Brenda Lee as you peruse this list.
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1960 |
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Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch, by Mitch Miller & the Gang | none |
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Holiday Sing Along with Mitch, by Mitch Miller & the Gang | none |
1962 |
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Merry Christmas, by Johnny Mathis | Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol is a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ famous short story A Christmas Carol, and the first animated holiday special ever produced specifically for television. |
1963 |
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The Andy Williams Christmas Album, by Andy Williams The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole (6x Platinum) | |
1964 |
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The Andy Williams Christmas Album, by Andy Williams | Rudolph the Red–Nosed Reindeeris a long-running Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass, and the company’s first Christmas special. It first aired on December 6, 1964 on NBC and is now the world’s longest running and highest rated television special of all time. . “Christmas Flintstone” (also titled “How the Flintstones Saved Christmas” on a VHS release)originally aired on December 25, 1964 (Christmas Day). A similar storyline was used 13 years later for the 1977 special A Flintstone Christmas. |
1965 |
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The Little Drummer Boy: A Christmas Festival, by the Harry Simeone ChoraleA Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio(3x Platinum) | A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first television special based on the popular comic strip Peanuts, and the first Christmas special for the franchise. In the special, Charlie Brown tries to find the real meaning of Christmas. |
1966 |
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Merry Christmas, by Andy Williams | Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 1966 television special based on the book of the same title by Dr. Seuss (Real name: Theodore Geisel), directed by legendary cartoon director Chuck Jones. It features narration by Boris Karloff and music written by Albert Hague. |
1967 |
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A Christmas Album, by Barbra Streisand (5x Platinum) | Cricket on the Hearth is a Christmas special produced by Rankin/Bass, based on the story of the same title by Charles Dickens |
1968 |
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That Christmas Feeling, by Glen Campbell | The Little Drummer Boy is a 1968 Christmas television special produced in stop-motion animation by Rankin/Bass |
1969 |
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Jim Nabors’ Christmas Album, by Jim Nabors | Frosty the Snowman is an animated Christmas special that first aired on CBS on December 7, 1969. This special is based on the holiday song of the same name first performed by Gene Autry in the 1940s and originally written by Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson. |
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Create a Vintage Christmas – 50s Ceramics
I believe the most memorable of Christmas Decor items produced in the 1950s are the stylish ceramic Christmas pieces that flooded into homes following World War II. Many were from Japan with paper labels from manufacturers like Napco and Lefton. A wide variety of figurines and also Christmas serving pieces and china were produced.
 Homco Elf |
 Ceramic Mugs |
 Holt Howard Ashtray |
 Vintage Pixie or Elf |
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Create a Vintage Look with Shiny Brite Ornaments
The Shiny Brite brand was begun by Max Eckhardt, who imported German glass ornaments in the 1930s. As it became possible that another war would occur and interrupt the flow of German glass ornaments once again, Max and a representative of F.W.Woolworth, the largest seller of Christmas ornaments in the country, got together to see if they could persuade the Corning Company of Corning, New York to determine a way to make American glass ornaments. Corning had a type of machine that ordinarily made thousands of light bulbs out of a ribbon of glass. By 1940 Corning was making about 300,000 ornaments a day and sending them to other companies for decoration.The largest customer was Max Eckhardt who by now had established an All-American company known as Shiny Brite.
Shiny Brite Ornaments were lacquered by machine on the outside and then decorated by hand. The ornaments were silvered on the inside so they would remain “shiny bright” for longer periods. Shiny Brite produced ornaments from the 30s thru the 60s. Each one was labeled on the cap “Shiny Brite”, so don’t accept an ornament as Shiny Brite unless it has the label.
Typical 50s styles included stenciled and striped balls and indents. Double pointed shaped oranaments decorated similarly were also popular in the 1950s. Plain balls were also sold by the boxful. Many 50s Shiny Brite caps are fluted.
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- Shiny Brite Stencil
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- 50′s Shiny Brite Stripes
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- Box of Shiny Brite Plain Balls
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- 50′s Shiny Brite Shapes & Indents
Today, Christopher Radko, the entrepreneur who discovered and recreated many of the historic glass ornament molds from Germany and Czechoslovakia, has purchased the name and recreated much of the 50s era Shiny Brite ornament collection.
Create a Vintage Look with 1950s Christmas Lights
Reproduction Bubble Light Set
The most memorable 1950s Christmas lights are bubble lights. Bubble lights were introduced post World War II and were most popular early in the decade. If you can find genuine vintage bubble lights, these will likely be the most ooh’d and ahh’d over. Remember that these lights are very hot and you should place them carefully, even on artificial trees. You might place your precious strings on a plug connected to a light dimmer switch and reduce the amount of power just enough to keep them bubbling, thereby increasing the life of the bulbs and not reducing the brightness of your tree very much. These bulbs are very difficult to pry apart and replace with a modern replacement bulb and working vintage ones are increasing in price as they become scarcer. If you want the look without the wear to your precious vintage lights, invest in some reproduction bubble lights for your tree and save your vintage set for a special place on a wreath or garland and light them less frequently than you do your tree.
C7 Light Set in Original Box
The predominant lighting sets were C9 and C7 sets. A bit harder to find are G7 sets with a globular shaped bulb. The 50s saw the decline of the C6 or Mazda light sets, though they were still manufactured during the 1950s. Specialty figural light bulb sets saw their end in the 1950s. Very few were produced early in the decade. If you use any of these light sets on your tree, you are being authentic.
 Two Types of C7 1950's Light Bulbs |
 C6 Mazda Light Bulbs |
 Vintage C9 Light Bulbs |
In 1958, the very first aluminum trees were produced and with the fire hazard of placing light strings on aluminum branches, the color wheel was born. These rotating flood lights lit up the whole tree in 4 different primary colors.
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Create a Vintage Look This Christmas
- Today I’m beginning a series of articles on creating a vintage look for this Holiday Season. In September we focus on
The Fabulous 50s.
There is nothing like music to create the mood so here is a playlist of Christmas hits from the 1950s
- Winter Wonderland – Perry Como
- Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee,1958
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Jimmy Boyd, 1952
- The Chipmunk Song – Christmas Don’t Be Late - David Seville and the Chipmunks, 1958.
- Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt, 1953
- (Im Getting’) Nuttin’ for Christmas – Barry Gordon with Art Mooney & his orchestra,1955
- Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms, 1957
- Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley ,1957 & 1964.
- Mary’s Boy Child - Harry Belafonte,1956.
- Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale, 1958.
- Santo Natale – David Whitfield, 1954.
- I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day – Harry Belafonte, 1958.
Brass Ornaments
Early Brass Onaments
The first brass ornaments that I remember seeing were in the Lillian Vernon Catalog. They were brass filigree with free personalization, a feature that distinguished this company from its competitors. These were not marked with the maker name, but since 75 million were sold between 1970 and 1994, it is likely that any brass ornament with a personalized name is by Lillian Vernon.
Three Dimensional Brass Ornaments
From the early simple brass ornaments, more complex three dimensional ornaments were produced as brass ornaments became more popular.
1990 White House Ornament
From the simple brass ornaments by Lillian Vernon and other manufacturers, evolved the more collectible lines of photochemically etched brass ornaments manufactured by ChemArt. The two most notable lines of collectible brass ornaments are the White House Collection, authorized by the White House Historical Association, and the Baldwin Collection.
Plated brass ornaments are popular fundraising and custom items. ChemArt produces custom designs as does Tom Pollard Designs.
Hallmark Plated Brass Ornament
Hallmark has produced a few brass ornament designs as part of its Keepsake line.
Vintage Brass Tree Topper
It is more rare to find other brass filigree items such as this tree topper that I recently sold.
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