Midcentury Christmas: Holiday Fads, Fancies, and Fun from 1945 to 1970

by Sarah Archer

Book Overview

Midcentury America was a wonderland of department stores, suburban cul-de-sacs, and Tupperware parties. Every kid on the block had to have the latest cool toy, be it an Easy Bake Oven for pretend baking, a rocket ship for pretend space travel, or a Slinky, just because. At Christmastime, postwar America's dreams and desires were on full display, from shopping mall Santas to shiny aluminum Christmas trees, from the Grinch to Charlie Brown's beloved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581574029
• ISBN13: 9781581574029
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 8.3"