Nostalgic Christmas Ideas for Festive Holiday Celebrations and Gift Giving
Most folks like to go "all out" for Christmas, but this year that might not be practical or even affordable. You can enjoy a simple yet festive old fashioned Christmas holiday when money is tight - or when it's not. Keep the spirit of the holiday season meaningful with retro Christmas decorations, gifts and parties.
This lens is about celebrating a classic Christmas holiday season with thoughtful gifts, traditional foods and home made decorations that hail back to "the good old days" - green Christmas was a way of life in the last century, and you can bring back good memories or create new ones with the ideas in this lens.
Whether your memories come from holidays celebrated 50 years ago or as recently as the turn of the century, you're sure to find a bit of nostalgic Christmas in this retrospective holiday lens. You might even find some ideas for saving money and personalizing Christmas or starting a new tradition for the holidays.
You can share your own Christmas stories, predict what the most popular gifts will be this year or make a donation to the Squidoo Charity fund.
Happy Holidays, Good Health and Best Wishes to All.
Simple Christmas Crafts Add Nostalgic Holiday Spirit
Easy enough for kids to craft, but nice enough to please anyone
- Christmas Crafts - Decorations, Gifts, Giftwrap and More
- Christmas craft gifts have more meaning, especially for family members and friends. Have a Crafty Christmas with the resources and ideas found here.
- Simple Ideas for Christmas Gifts
- If you are looking for simple ideas to jump start your holiday gift crafts, this article has a few to help. - Simple Ideas for Christmas Gifts - Crafts for Kids at BellaOnline
- Making Paper and Felt Ornaments
- Using brown felt, cut out gingerbread men or other shapes and embellish to make package tie-ons or tree ornaments.
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Christmas Celebrations - What's Your Prediction for Holiday Spending?
What do you see as a trend for the holidays?
How do you think people will be celebrating the holidays this year? Will they spend as usual on gifts, cards, entertainment and food, or will the trend be toward more frugal ways to celebrate?
My prediction:
Pastiche, at 8am on October 24, 2008 predicts:
Lower cost old-fashioned gifts and decorations will be big this year.
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mbrownauthor, at 11am on December 4, 2008 predicts:
Wal-Mart, Family Dollar and other discount stores will continue to have increased sales, as people are budgeting more this year
Comfortdoc, at 1am on November 30, 2008 predicts:
I came up with the idea of a Christmas Spirit Jar as a low cost, hand-made, recycled gift. We are continuing to focus more on making memories that will last rather than stuff that gets forgotten (or lost) more easily
stargazer00, at 2am on November 23, 2008 predicts:
I think people will be spending less on Christmas and looking for ways to give gifts of time. Spending time together rather than buying a lot of costly gifts.
Fetching predictions now... please stand byClassic Christmas Decoration Crafts
Beloved holiday arts and crafts projects for the whole family
- Advent Calendar Wreath Craft, free Christmas Printable Craft
- Make a Christmas advent decoration, a holly wreath with candle and red bow Christmas Advent craft printable.
- Christmas Crafts - Felt Ornaments
- Christmas Crafts - Felt Ornaments in traditional shapes.
- Christmas Ornament Crafts - LoveToKnow Crafts
- Christmas ornament crafts are a great craft project for kids, or an activity for early-in-the-season Christmas parties.
- Easy Christmas Crafts
- There are lots of easy Christmas Crafts that you can do to make it so much more fun. Christmas is a time when we give each other gifts - and what greater gift is there than your time.
- How to Make an Evergreen Wreath
- After the Christmas tree, wreaths are the traditional Christmas decoration. Wreaths are easy to make from common greens found right outside your home.
- Knit and felt a Christmas stocking
- This homemade knitted and felted Christmas stocking will add a cozy touch to your holiday decor.
- Fresh Green Apple Holiday Centerpiece
- Evoke holidays of old with this simple arrangement made of apples, greenery, and cinnamon sticks. It's perfect in an entryway or as the focal point to your holiday table.
- Clothespin Snowflake and Craft Stick Snowflake Crafts
- A new twist on classic Swedish straw ornaments combines crafts sticks or clothespins with wood rounds to create homey wooden snow flake ornaments.
- Homey, Thrifty Christmas Ornaments
- Thrifty Christmas Ornaments made with fabric, macaroni, styrofoam, and recycled materials just like the good old days.
Happy Holidays to Everyone!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year
Classic Christmas Stories for Young Readers
The Kingfisher Book of Classic Christmas Stories (Kingfisher Book Of...)
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The Sled Book
Got Snow, Go Sledding!
The Sled Book: Notes Concerning Winter's Favorite Pastime
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If you live in snow country, sledding was and still is a popular winter fun in the snow activity for the whole family.
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Sleds - Classic Christmas Toys for Kids of all Ages
Flexible Flyer Aurora
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Get ready for some fun in the snow with the Snow Tracker. This single rider sled measures 36" x 20.5" and is constructed from high-density PE foam. It has a laminated top and bottom, so it will not crack in cold weather. It is lightweight and easy to carry and includes two sets of foam grip handles.
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Share Your Nostalgic Holiday Memories
Talk about your "good old days" holiday celebrations.
What's your favorite classic Christmas holiday tradition or cherished memory from holidays past?
johnfn wrote...
Just being with family is what I love about Christmas time!
Posted November 11, 2009
Bethann in Los Angeles wrote
Each year I get everyone in my family a gift. I normally spend about 10$ a person, and for me that's alot of money because I'm a college student. This year because of the economic crisis that we are in I have decided to make my family presents. I got a great idea for gifts at a Student Worker Christmas party, some of my friends made homemade scarfs by taking flanner blankets and cutting them longways and then cutting and tieing the ends. They were adorable, and very warm so I decided that I would do the same thing and make scarfs for all the girls in my family. For the boys I am planning to make homemade Hot CoaCoa with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, and also I bought some already made cookie dough from the grocery store and am making mini cookies that I can package up in a decorative bag. It's alot of work but it's worth it, I love being able to make gifts for my family! It beats shopping in a crowded mall anyday!
Posted December 15, 2008
Bethann in Los Angeles wrote
Each year I get everyone in my family a gift. I normally spend about 10$ a person, and for me that's alot of money because I'm a college student. This year because of the economic crisis that we are in I have decided to make my family presents. I got a great idea for gifts at a Student Worker Christmas party, some of my friends made homemade scarfs by taking flanner blankets and cutting them longways and then cutting and tieing the ends. They were adorable, and very warm so I decided that I would do the same thing and make scarfs for all the girls in my family. For the boys I am planning to make homemade Hot CoaCoa with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, and also I bought some already made cookie dough from the grocery store and am making mini cookies that I can package up in a decorative bag. It's alot of work but it's worth it, I love being able to make gifts for my family! It beats shopping in a crowded mall anyday!
Posted December 15, 2008
Sue in Missouri wrote
Every Christmas the women in the family meet for our Annual Christmas Homemade Onament Exchange. For us this has been going on for nearly 28 years. It started with Mom and my 4 four sisters. We have all married, had our own girls and now grandchildren. We meet this year on December 20th and the count is 18 of us. For the last 17 years we have made one ornament for each girl/women in the family....but 18 is a bit much to make now with the number of females in the family and the economey....so we are making 2 each and placeing them in bags to be put in a basket and each of us will draw 2 out for the exchange. Has you can imagine.....year after year of this has yielded alot of hademade ornaments on our trees. It is a tradition That the 5 original women (Mom & me and my sisters) hope the younger girls will carry on when we are gone.
Posted November 29, 2008
Sue in Missouri wrote
Every Christmas the women in the family meet for our Annual Christmas Homemade Onament Exchange. For us this has been going on for nearly 28 years. It started with Mom and my 4 four sisters. We have all married, had our own girls and now grandchildren. We meet this year on December 20th and the count is 18 of us. For the last 17 years we have made one ornament for each girl/women in the family....but 18 is a bit much to make now with the number of females in the family and the economey....so we are making 2 each and placeing them in bags to be put in a basket and each of us will draw 2 out for the exchange. Has you can imagine.....year after year of this has yielded alot of hademade ornaments on our trees. It is a tradition That the 5 original women (Mom & me and my sisters) hope the younger girls will carry on when we are gone.
Posted November 29, 2008
The Christmas Without Holiday Lights
During the great Energy Crisis of the 1970's many communities opted out of holiday lights
I remember it well - the years that oil prices started climbing and gasoline shortages forced us to wait in line for hours or go without fuel. We groaned as the price neared $.75 per gallon, and heating fuel and propane gas prices rose as essential winter supplies dwindled.
The US was reeling from layoffs and a skyrocketing inflation rate by the mid 1970s; oil shortages created by OPEC cartels created havoc for homeowners, businesses and drivers, and mortgage credit rates hovered around 18%.
A green lifestyle wasn't as common as it is today, but every family was looking for ways to save money and conserve energy. We turned to our past for some of the answers, and found ways to make a frugal holiday festive and unforgettably fun. "Don't be fuelish" was a popular slogan. Year round Daylight Savings Time was imposed for several years.
That year as Christmas season approached, many families and communities decided not to decorate with holiday lights. Others looked for ways to save money on gifts, greeting cards and holiday foods. (Learn more at 1970s Energy Crisis - wikipedia)
No lighted displays in neighborhood yards, no lights in the downtown square, and no lights on the Christmas tree. No Christmas cards, no big family dinners, no lavish goodies for the holiday. It seemed a bit sad at first, but many alternative decorations and ideas for gift-giving and celebration came out of the problem.
The economic situation energized many of us to create our own holiday decorations or to borrow ideas from the past and make them new again. Our community placed dozens of small evergreen trees on the town square. All the children in the elementary grades made ornaments from recycled materials to decorate the trees. That event became an annual tradition that's still going on today.
Our family took it one step further. We decided not to use lights, plastic decorations or tinsel on our Christmas tree. We lived in New Hampshire, so fresh trees were readily available from local farms where you could cut your own and have it hauled out of the grove by a horse team.
We decorated our balsam fir tree without lights that year; we made new ornaments from painted wood, stuffed fabric, cookies, and recycled aluminum pie tins, seashells and even a birds nest. We popped corn and strung it with cranberries to make garlands. We made paper chains and snowflakes to decorate the windows and doorways along with fresh greenery and berry sprigs cut from our shrubs and the nearby woods.
After the holidays we propped up our Christmas tree in the yard and used it as a bird feeder, and then in the spring we recycled the dried out trunk, needles and branches into firewood and garden mulch.
We made all the gifts for our family that year - sisters, brothers, parents and each other. And we found ways to be creative with food gifts that became so popular they were requested year after year - Teddy Bear bread, giant gingerbread cookies, cream puffs, walnut fudge and carrot cake loaves.
We spent less money and more time on the holiday season than we had in previous years. Our biggest financial expense was for gasoline to drive from New Hampshire "over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house" in Pennsylvania.
That holiday season 30 years ago formed new traditions for our family and put the focus back on the traditions and meaning of the season.
I resumed my holiday lights tradition after that year. In fact, I think I missed my little lights so much that it's the reason I fell in love with funky light strings. This year, I'll decorate with tiny lights on the Christmas tree and around the outside of the house AND I'll be making outdoor tree decorations for the birds - edible, of course.
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How to Say Merry Christmas in Many Languages
I was born in the USA but my grandparents were Norwegian, Irish and German immigrants. "Merry Christmas, God Jule, Nollaig Shona Dhuit, Froehliche Weihnachten."
Here's how to say Merry Christmas (and Happy New Year too, in some examples) in many other languages:
Afrikaans - Geseknde Kersfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar
Argentine - Feliz Navidad y Feliz Año Nuevo
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Bulgarian - Vesela Koleda i chestita nova godina!
Catalan - Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chinese - Sing Dan Fae Lok. Gung Hai Fat Choi (Cantonese)
Chinese - Shen Dan Kuai Le Xin Nian Yu Kuai (Mandarin)
Chinese - Shen tan jie kuai le. Hsin Nien Kuaile
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Stastne a vesele vanoce a stastny novy rok!
Danish - Glaedelig Jul og godt nyter
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar
Dutch - Prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuw jaar
English - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Eskimo - (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto - Felican Kristnaskon kaj Bonan Novjaron!
Estonian - Rõõmusaid jõulupühi ja head uut aastat!
Faeroese - Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Filipinos - Maligayang Pasko
Finnish - Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French - Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année!
Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath yr!
Galician - Bo Nadal
German - Frohe Weihnachten und ein gl|ckliches Neues Jahr!
Greek - Hronia polla kai eytyhismenos o kainourios hronos
Greek - Hronia polla ke eftihismenos o kenourios hronos
Hausa - Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian - Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian - Kellemes karacsonyi uennepeket es boldog ujevet!
Icelandic - Gledhileg jsl og farsflt komandi ar!
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal dan Selamat Tahun Baru!
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish Gaelic - Nollaig Shona duit
Irish Gaelic - Nollaig Shona
Irish Gaelic - Nollaig faoi shean agus faoi shonas duit agus bliain nua faoi mhaise dhuit!
Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!
Japanese - Meri Kurisumasu soshite Akemashite Omedeto!
Latin - Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian - Priecigus Ziemsvetkus un Laimigu Jaungadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Maltese - Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja!
Modern Greek - Kala Christougenna kai evtichismenos o kainourios chronos!
Norwegian - God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish - Vesowe Boze Narodzenie
Polish - Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese - Boas Festas
Portuguese - Feliz Natal e um Prospero Ano Novo
Romanian - Craciun fericit si un an nou fericit
Russian - S nastupaiushchim Novym godom i s Rozhdestvom Khristovym!
Romanche - (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce i na zdravie v novom roku!
Slovenian - Vesele bozicne praznike in srecno novo leto
Spanish - Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Swedish - God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Thai - Suk san wan Christmas
Thai - Suk san wan pee mai - Happy New Year
Trukeese - (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Turkish - Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yilinis kutlu olsun!
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Ukrainan - Z novym rokom i s rizdvom Hrystovym!
Ukrainan - Khrystos Rodevsia
Vietnamese - Chuc mung nam moi va Giang Sinh vui ve
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Da!"
Yoruba - E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!
Translation List from Travlang.com
Pine Cone Christmas Crafts
You can make these natural crafts gifts from pine cones you gather in your yard or neighborhood or from a bag of cones purchased at a craft store.
Holiday Hearth Fire Starters
* 12 Medium to Large Very Dry Pine Cones
* Wax (You can use newly purchased candle wax, odd candles and candle stubs, or commercial paraffin for jelly making)
* Colored candles or old crayon bits (optional)
* Essential oils (optional)
* 1 Large Metal Coffee Can
* 1 Large Pot
* Wax Paper
* Butchers String
You need enough melted wax to completely cover your largest pine cone. To figure out how much wax you actually need, wind a 12 inch length of butcher's string around the layers of the pine cone to create a hanger/handle for dipping. Suspend the largest cone into the can and make a mark on the can just above the top of the cone.
Place the can in a pot of water on the stove and turn on low to medium low heat. Add small pieces of wax to the can and continue until the melted wax reaches the cone height mark.
Remove from heat and stir in coloring agents or essential oils.
Holding pine cone by the string handle, dip slowly into the wax until the cone is just covered.
Gently remove and let the wax drip back into the can.
Place the cone on wax paper and allow to harden completely. Repeat with remaining cones.
Build fire using kindling above and below 1 firestarter. Light the string handle (now a wick) or a wax cone edge.
Recycled Christmas Card Crafts
Gift Tags Cut used cards into unique shapes, punch a hole and thread a short length of embroidery floss through the hole to make gift tags. If you are more adventurous and comfortable with a craft knife, you can make your own mini gift boxes.
Gift Jewelry Cut individual motifs from cards into small rectangles, circles or squares (about 2-3 inches maximum in size). Glue the shapes onto bristol board, trim the edges, add a pin back and you have a lovely seasonal brooch.
Magnets and Fridgies Cut out small motifs or scenes and glue these shapes onto magnetic material to create unique art quality magnets for gift giving or craft sales!
Artwork Cut out shapes and assemble them on foam core artboard to create wonderful collages and personalized posters.
Garland Banners Trace around holiday cookie cutters onto the most colorful part of last year's holiday cards. Cut out the shapes and string on a brightly colored ribbon.
More ways to recycle holiday cards.
Green Living Christmas Holiday Crafts
Save money and save the planet this Christmas
- Recycled CD Snowman Craft
- How to make a snowman from a recycled CD and a juice can lid.
- Eco-Anthropologie-Snowman made from Scrap Sweaters
- Recycle old sweaters into a cute holiday snowman.
- String Snowflake
- Learn how to make a string snowflake and other free craft projects.
- Christmas Card Craft Box
- Free craft instructions for making gift boxes from old Christmas cards.
- Make Holiday Candles from Old Crayons
- Holiday crafts, make gift candles recycled from wax and crayon scraps. Crafts for older kids or for younger children with supervision by an adult teach frugal living, recycling and art skills.
- Make a 20 Cent Christmas Swag
- Easy, frugal holiday garland decoration made with dollar store findings. Niftier than paper chains! You could use the same idea with recycled cards or paper snowflakes cut from newspapers or junk mail.
- Recycled Light Bulb Ornament Crafts
- Use burned out incandescent light bulbs (not the new e-saver fluorescent types) to make cute Christmas ornaments.
- Live Christmas Wreaths Add A Special Touch To Your Home
- Guide to creating Christmas wreaths including tips and ideas for keeping them fresh and beautiful
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
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Classic Christmas Craft Books
I found these classic Christmas craft books and retro craft books at Amazon
holiday ideas for your family?Check out a few of these books and craft guides featuring retro and vintage classic Christmas crafts and decorating ideas:
Christmas: Make It Sparkle--225 Simple Crafts, Food & Decorating Ideas for Your Holiday Home
Vintage Christmas Crafts
- Go back in time and add charm to the holidays with these four unique decorative crafting styles: Victorian Vintage, Shabby Chic, Country, and Personal Vintage.Retro Mania!
- 50 projects that feature popular decade-inspired motifs, such as the swellegant 40s, the fabulous 50s, the psychedelic 60s and the groovy 70s Christmas Classics - A Christmas Carol
Illustrated version of Dickens classic story
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Old Fashioned Christmas - One of My Favorite Lenses
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My clip art and paper craft blogs:
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Index to Retro Christmas Holiday Ideas
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- Simple Christmas Crafts Add Nostalgic Holiday Spirit
- The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
- Christmas Celebrations - What's Your Prediction for Holiday Spending?
- Classic Christmas Decoration Crafts
- Happy Holidays to Everyone!
- Classic Christmas Stories for Young Readers
- Classic Christmas Cartoons on DVD
- The Sled Book
- Sleds - Classic Christmas Toys for Kids of all Ages
- Share Your Nostalgic Holiday Memories
- The Christmas Without Holiday Lights
- It's a Wonderful Life - Another Take on the Classic Film
- Opinion Poll: Popular Holiday Gifts for 2008
- How to Say Merry Christmas in Many Languages
- Pine Cone Christmas Crafts
- Recycled Christmas Card Crafts
- Green Living Christmas Holiday Crafts
- Classic Christmas Favorites - Add Your Traditional Christmas Link
- Classic Toys - Always Popular Gifts for Kids and Adults
- Have a Home Made Christmas Holiday
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- Make a Holiday Donation to Squidoo Charity Fund
- Classic Christmas Craft Books
- Christmas Classics - A Christmas Carol
- Would You Care to Comment or Make a Suggestion?
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Buddhism Calendars, date books, pocket planners and agendas
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Santa Claus Songs
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Merry Christmas
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Christmas Snowglobes, Waterglobes, Music Boxes and Kid's Musical Collectibles
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Christmas Party Games - Old Fashioned Fun
Fun Christmas Games
Here are some simple by fun game ideas for Christmas!
Gift Box Pass Along
Wrap a small gift in a small box. Put the box in a slightly larger box and wrap it. Then put that in a slightly larger box and wrap it, and so on. Write a message on top of each box such as "This gift goes to the person standing closest to the tree".
That person gets the gift, opens it and finds the next box with a message that could say something like this: "Sorry! This present goes to the person who is sitting next to you on the left!" That person then gets the gift and opens it. The next message can say "This gift is for the person whose birthday is closest to December 25th." The last message can say "sorry but this gift is for the person who washed the dishes!"
Pinatas for Christmas
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