30+ Vintage Christmas Decor Ideas 🎄

[@user-oj5bw7sl8p]

Tinsel is one of the most Winter Holidays things ever!

[@claudetteb5019]

You bring bk some great memories. I was born in the 60s and still have the tablecloth, bathroom towels and all you've mentioned. I love the good old days. Thx

[@justlanchen]

Oh I love that!! I'm glad I mentioned some items that resonated with you

[@cheryldowd6916]

So I was born in the 50s and I remember it all. As for the ceramic Christmas trees, find a local ceramic shop where you can paint your own ceramics. They almost always have the trees in multiple sizes. Last year I painted one black for Halloween.

[@geneticallymodifiedpsyche2609]

Lanchen, I would love another academia tree video! I watched your last one so many times!

[@Comet73]

Yes!

[@BeeBaldwin]

We put candy canes on the tree, and that's so Charlie Brown nostalgic to me!

[@rosemarycolon8545]

That’s funny because my house had a Nativity Scene because Christmas is about Jesus coming as an infant into the world.

[@ossaobscura]

I still have my family ceramic Christmas tree. It is white with gold accents and has the tiny plastic bulbs that glow when the light is turned on. Totally reminds me of childhood.

[@ossaobscura]

@@21cormorants It is a cherished family piece. I can't imagine selling it!

[@yellowzora]

A few that are traditional to my family: as many tea light holders as we could fit into the living room. I won one in a raffle or similar which is a little snow covered house, so cute. My mum has a seesaw with two felted kids in it powered by a tealight, from her mum. A paper or cardboard advent calendar with pictures behind it that you can reuse year after year. Oranges and satsumas for st nicholaus day (6th. December) and a chocolate santa. Lindor, probably sponsored by my nan. Real candles in a real tree and lots of hand made decorations, no plastic if possible, especially in red and gold. Don't forget the music! My dad always used to put on the same CD which I now associate with Christmas, although it isn't christmassy at all. Lovely video, the season seems to be coming around quickly this year!

[@jrj5893]

I've got a couple of stuff that I either had or learned about and /yearned for/ when I was younger - did you have the little red and white doves, that were made of like styrofoam centers and tissue paper, and then feathers for the wings and tails? We used to have a crapload of those when I was younger, and I loved hiding them in the tree. My auntie did in fact have one of those chirping balls - I think I remember being fascinated by it too until my uncle got sick of hearing it and... removed the batteries? idk he killed it somehow. We did have a bunch of the popcorn tins, but we ALSO had a bunch of the butter cookie tins... and later in life we had to play the 'is this actually cookies or is this where Mom hid her weed' game. They're still very useful for holding more fragile ornaments and the like. One thing that I learned about later were those moving metal frame things that would be powered by the heat of a candle. I can't currently remember what they're actually called, but the idea of them is amazing. A lot of this stuff you've mentioned is very specifically more of a USA thing, which, if that's the case where's the coca-cola santa and polar bears? XD

[@heidim1377]

Love this video. I have a bunch of pinecones and now I know what to do with them!

[@BasicallyTheres]

German viewer here, I'm from Northern Germany and I never saw that pickle ornament before. 😁 but everything else you show in the video, we also use for decoration❤

[@lichtreflexionen2114]

me neither 😉 greetings from a fellow german

[@gintoxic4283]

i'm from germany and we do the pickle thing too!

[@lovelife5646]

Love all the Christmas images and ideas you’ve given us. 😍

[@abuzerluxor]

I love all your decor idea videos, but I have to say I miss your DIY and decor videos too. Hope to see some of those again :)

[@Loveofdolls11]

This video brought back so many memories for me , thank you 🎄🎄🎄

[@brendanelson9635]

I had three sisters and family tradition was we put panty hose instead of knee socks. They held more. Great video!

[@trompeta79]

That's what my poorer parent did growing up and it was filled with fruit and nuts!

[@queenvictoria4237]

So lovely

[@lovelife5646]

The sound of a cardinal ball! 🎉

[@mariacabrera2850]

Back in the 80's my mom & I would put tinsel on one or two strands at a time! 🙄🖤

[@ladyi9178]

Can't believe you didn't mention a Jesus in the manger. This is such a sweet classic decoration and shows the true roots of the Christmas celebration 🥺

[@anitacrowder9926]

It sure does ❤

[@Laura-rx9mp]

love it!!!! thank you. Cheers

[@rflett5797]

I remember those ornanments that had a glass vial looking thing that would bubble inside, but we never had those on our tree.

[@justlanchen]

I didn’t either but they are the perfect vintage item!!!

[@vessyioannou259]

There is 🎅 🧑‍🎄 santa for sure

[@justlanchen]

Most definitely!

[@clawa1970]

I am German and I can tell you for sure that the Christmas pickle is not a German tradition. It becomes now more popular but about 20 years ago nobody in Germany knew something about a Christmas pickle. In Germany we also celebrate Christmas on Christmas eve, December 24th and not in the morning of the 25th.

[@michii_b]

Also German viewer here (bavaria specifically) and I do agree with that pickle ornament thing, but we do celebrate Christmas on the 25th..well at least we (as kids) were allowed to open the presents only on this day.

[@outcast3397]

So Great that we grew up in the same home. 😏🙌💕

[@tomjohnson4922]

I have seen the small tree before but not that chirping bird ball... while I don't decorate or really concern myself with the holiday one of the cool things I have seen at historical places is in the 50-60s is this color wheel you would put a light on so it would shine on the tree. Of course the tree was aluminum. Looked really cool though.

[@Highland_Paddy]

Santa owes me money...

[@Highland_Paddy]

Neigh sure about the Elf the Shelf guy here... I don't suppose I should recount much my family nonsensical attempts at "tradish" or other hit-miss endeavors, but some the things ye show is I recall came around in the 90s more, like the knit stocking resurge? Other stuff of here I ne'er really seen in person much in friends' homes or whate'er but we DID make those paper thingees in 3rd grade for sure and some them other crafts, but I ne'er understood decoraty w' food much. If is cookies, I wanna eat them before they e'er get NEAR a tree.... [More school crafts I don't do at home, etc.]

[@Highland_Paddy]

some fake trees look better than others, but tinsel can be a mess if overdone and we stopped with it after a year or two and then all the super advanced light displays came along that what I think ye can get a fine now is just using the old big bulb single strand? HOA NEVER!!!

[@Highland_Paddy]

Santa Claus and Kris Kringle is two German names for North Pole dwelly guy based on Greek Nicholas? Um, sure. Greece is VERY North Poley dis time the year I'm told........ [Oh, I guess it was actually Mediterranean Turkey but he was Greek origin, blah, blah...]

[@Highland_Paddy]

Neigh crazy about the velvet. Maybe narrower strips that don't cover the tree so much? I like the old orb ornaments, but they can break if stepped on properly, but also plastic Snoopy stuff.

[@MarkMcDonaldHodge-g2q]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄 🪔🪔 ❄️ ⛄⛄ mark x😊😊cool video

[@justlanchen]

Thanks! You too!

[@katerina.srostlikova]

I really love your dress 😍 Can be ordered somewhere? ❤

[@trompeta79]

Don't forget the smells! An oil warmer, candles, evergreen, spiced drinks or hot chocolate smells! Candy canes on the tree as well.

[@justlanchen]

Oh yes I totally forgot candy canes and cinnamon sticks on the tree 😭😭😭

[@trompeta79]

We also have the slightly creepy Norwegian and Swedish trolls!

[@justlanchen]

I love this!

[@1103beka]

German here: The pickle in the Christmas tree is actually not a real German tradition and most Germans have never heard of it. However, due to increased demand from American tourists (and through social media, I guess) you can nowadays buy ornaments in the shape of a pickle for your tree and more Germans are aware of this alleged 'German' tradition. I personally don't know any German who ever used this as decor. So don't be surprised if you ever happen to attend a German Christmas party and there is no pickle in the tree.

[@colinkulowcreative]

Elf on the shelf is vintage? I guess I’m older than I thought. 😂

[@rulaspatrick760]

Hola 👋

[@Nina-d1o]

First

[@MörkaSkog]

Second...😉

[@oldcrafty3046]

I spent 10 yrs in Germany married to a german and the pickle ornament is NOT a German tradition anywhere in Germany. My wife is 55 and never ever had a pickle in a Christmas tree ever. Sorry

[@user-oj5bw7sl8p]

Third :)