We constantly seek fresh ideas for holiday decorating, but sometimes the traditional methods remain the best choice. Martha Stewart's silver vintage Christmas tree is the perfect example. The renowned ...

The Beinecke Library at Yale University is exhibiting Hughes's typewritten 1950 Christmas postcards, along with holiday cards he received from friends. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at ...

A picture of an 11-year-old girl in a holiday dress posing with her sister clutching a porcelain doll, hangs from a wall at the entrance of an exhibit at the Southampton Historical Museum. That girl ...

He might point out, while laughing, that this Christmas, 1950, was the last time he received a gift from Santa Claus or his parents. According to his mother, his father went overboard, giving him more ...

Most every Christmas growing up in the 1950s, Brad Harris got socks, a new pair of jeans, and—if he was fortunate—a new sweater. He lived with his mom, who was a single parent, as well as his ...

Merry Christmas? You bet! Happy New Year? Of course! How could it not be a happy new year — at Christmastime, at the Lustron House, in 1950, when the world just keeps getting better and better? It's ...