Photographs of people posing with Christmas trees in the 1960s beautifully capture the era’s unique mid-century modern aesthetic and sense of optimism. The focus of the photos was often the tree itself, which saw a major stylistic shift toward aluminum trees: shiny, metallic creations that required an external, rotating colored light wheel to cast shifting hues across the branches, instead of traditional string lights.
Alternatively, many opted for heavily flocked (artificial snow-covered) trees. Decorations were characterized by thick, silver lead tinsel (often called icicles) draped liberally, alongside large, colorful bubble lights that created a captivating glow.
People often dressed in their contemporary best, perhaps early Mod styles, colorful knits, or stiff suits, they would gather around the tree with an air of posed formality, ensuring that the annual snapshot, typically taken on sometimes-blurry color film, preserved a perfect, nostalgic memory of the space-age holiday season.
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