Every year when I bring out the Christmas decorations, I get out my 'crystal' (well, plastic) tree. Back in the 50's these little trees were extremely popular and I think just about every household had one of these. According to the following Woolworth's ad, you could buy a 13" tree for 49 cents (mine is a 13" tree) and you could buy a smaller one for 10 cents. We had a Woolworth's Five and Dime in South Bend when I was a young girl, and I suppose that's where my Mom got her tree. The tree I have isn't the original, but I found one at an antique store many years ago. I usually put tiny ornaments on it, but this year I decided to be original and put gumdrops on the branches. Isn't this tree the cutest thing ever? I just love nostalgic items from the 1950's and this gumdrop tree brings back so many memories......................
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| An ad for the original 1950's gumdrop tree |
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| My tree decked out in tiny ornaments last year |
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| This year I put gumdrops on the tree, like it was meant to have |
2 comments:
That is really nice.
This past summer we bought a 4 ft aluminum tree with the revolving light at a garage sale. We have it in the front window. Received some favorable comments!!
Cute!
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