Welcome to Christmas in the 1980s!
While I was born in 1981, I remember many things about my childhood in the 80s and our holidays and traditions. We will begin our time in the 80s by discussing the decorating themes and trends.
When I was growing up, I remember that we always had a real tree. We would go to a tree farm, pick it out and cut it down ourselves. We did not decorate nearly as early as we do now, being that we had a real tree. We would decorate with family ornaments, handmade mostly or passed down. We made paper chains every year to decorate the tree and around the house. My favorite activity was the paper chains (I still have some from when I was little), and a set of wooden ornaments that came with glitter paint. They were all different shapes, and I can still remember them vividly to this day. I wish I could find them again. I would sit down in our garage at the workbench and craft.
We would also decorate our tree with tinsel. It’s not really a modern decoration these days, but back then it was on our tree every year. A huge fire hazard I’m sure, but it made the tree sparkle.
Ornaments that you may have had on your tree:
Foil Baubles- we never had these on our tree as we were pretty poor.
Satin Baubles- I vaguely remember these, we may have had some or my grandparents did.
Foil Garland- still around today and very useful for decorating around mantles or doorways. Some do still use it on their trees as well.
Fairy lights- not how we think of fairy lights today.
Glass Baubles- if you dropped one of these be prepared to clean up one heck of a mess. They would shatter into a million different pieces.
What was your favorite decoration from when you were little?
While I was born in 1981, I remember many things about my childhood in the 80s and our holidays and traditions. We will begin our time in the 80s by discussing the decorating themes and trends.
When I was growing up, I remember that we always had a real tree. We would go to a tree farm, pick it out and cut it down ourselves. We did not decorate nearly as early as we do now, being that we had a real tree. We would decorate with family ornaments, handmade mostly or passed down. We made paper chains every year to decorate the tree and around the house. My favorite activity was the paper chains (I still have some from when I was little), and a set of wooden ornaments that came with glitter paint. They were all different shapes, and I can still remember them vividly to this day. I wish I could find them again. I would sit down in our garage at the workbench and craft.
We would also decorate our tree with tinsel. It’s not really a modern decoration these days, but back then it was on our tree every year. A huge fire hazard I’m sure, but it made the tree sparkle.
Ornaments that you may have had on your tree:
Foil Baubles- we never had these on our tree as we were pretty poor.
Satin Baubles- I vaguely remember these, we may have had some or my grandparents did.
Foil Garland- still around today and very useful for decorating around mantles or doorways. Some do still use it on their trees as well.
Fairy lights- not how we think of fairy lights today.
Glass Baubles- if you dropped one of these be prepared to clean up one heck of a mess. They would shatter into a million different pieces.
What was your favorite decoration from when you were little?