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DON'T FORGET Avoid forgetting someone during the last minute gift shopping rush, by doing your Christmas gifts shopping early.

1950s Style Aluminum 5 Foot Christmas Tree 1950s Style 5 Foot Aluminum Christmas Tree! This shimmering Christmas tree, Hammacher Schlemmer catalog exclusive, is a recreation of the futuristic aluminum trees of the 1950s. - Notice how the Christmas tree is white! That is so you can get an electric color wheel which when activated will douse your 1950s Christmas tree in all sorts of colors! Very Modern! (50s modern that is...)

Christmas 1950 - For Christmas She Wants a LANE Cedat Chest
Christmas Gift Ideas, 1950s Style: "for Christmas, She wants a LANE Cedar Chest!"

SURVEY OF THE DECADES - CHRISTMAS 1950s

How America Celebrated Christmas in the 1950s

SANTA'S HERE AGAIN TO OPEN YULE SEASON

No Shortages to Plague Old St. Nick as Gifts Abound in Stores

ARMY OF HELPERS MAKE READY COLORFUL DISPLAYS

THAT MAN IS HERE AGAIN early this year - to take personal charge of the formal opening of this year's Christmas season. Old St. Nick came sledding into town during the wee hours of the night, his ruddy face shining with a wonderful smile of self confidence.

For this year, no longer plagued by shortages which so unfortunately hampered the abundance of his gift pack during too many recent years, he has brought the biggest and most varied and most exciting collection of gifts in all his experience.

A veritable army of eager helpers has been working to unload his tremendous cargo of brilliant gifts, and to spread them over shelves and counters of the stores by tomorrow.
A prevue of some of the wonderful things in his new collection is presented in the pages of this special section. Many more interesting gifts will sparkle from brightly lighted windows downtown tonight.

And the full line-up of the gifts he's recommending for giving to men and women and boys and girls this year, will be on display tomorrow against a festive background of Yule decorations in all the leading stores in town. Pottstown Mercury, November 25th, 1952

Monograms Take Time; Shop Earlier To Have This Done

Planning on having some of your gifts intimately personalized by monogramming before they are presented for Christmas? Then it is very important that you make your choice early and give your instructions promptly. Though much progress has been made in speeding the art of monogramming, many other people will want it done too. And those who place their orders for it first will, of course, get their work done soonest. Allow yourself plenty of time and avoid last minute rushes.

MONOGRAMMING CAN Be had for almost every type of gift you can think of, from stationery to shirts, from lingerie to luggage. Jewelry as a gift, is hardly complete without an engraved legend or initials of the recipient. But remember, this extra work takes time. 1952

1950s Christmas Gifts

What was waiting for you under the Christmas tree if you were a child in the 1950s? (Assuming you behaved yourself!)

If you were a boy, then you may have had your heart set on an electric train set from Lionel or American Flyer. Sure! He wants an Electric Train "Every American boy likes to watch and operate an electric train. He thrills to he realistic cho-cho and whistle of the authentic scale models of giant freights, modern passengers and streamlined diesels. Make his dreams come true this Christmas and get him (and yourself) an electric train set of his own." Back then, the prices advertised were $15.95 to $69.95! For comparison, here is a 5 piece Classic Lionel Lines Train Set for $239.95 (at Hammacher Schlemmer).

BRACELETS ARE GIFTS For sheer feminine excitement, give her an armful of bangle bracelets. Wonderful replicas of old fashioned bracelets done in gilt and black enamel as well as charming single bangles ornamented with simulated pearls are just about everywhere - at tiny prices. 1952