Christmas celebrations of the past forty years are shown through historical photographs, catalog pages, and over 530 photographs of artificial and real trees, Christmas ornaments, interior and exterior lights, candy containers, cards, tinsel garlands, and cheerful holiday figurines. Innovations in Christmas ornamentation, lighting, and display are presented--including artificial trees of the 1960s, country-style ornaments of the 1970s, 1980s chaser lights, and sophisticated 1990s European glass ornaments. Current values are provided in the captions. _x000D_With this wonderful book to inspire your search, you can carry the spirit of Christmas with you all year 'round!_x000D_ AUTHOR: Robert Brenner is a leading authority on Christmas traditions and decorations in America. He is the author of several highly respected volumes on the subject produced by Schiffer Publishing.
