Comments on: The Great White Christmas Tree http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/ Documenting the Search for My Family History Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Janice http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32185 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:05:54 +0000 http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32185 Steve, My family had one of the white trees with the color wheel too. It was so techno at the time lol. I blame it on some good marketing, and of course some good television advertising. I wonder which TV program first showed one of those trees that we wanted it so badly.... any ideas? The Lawrence Welk Show maybe? Janice Steve,

My family had one of the white trees with the color wheel too. It was so techno at the time lol. I blame it on some good marketing, and of course some good television advertising. I wonder which TV program first showed one of those trees that we wanted it so badly…. any ideas? The Lawrence Welk Show maybe?

Janice

]]> by: Apple http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32164 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:39:23 +0000 http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32164 I've been trying to remember what became of my grandparents Christmas tree and if Grandpa even put up a tree after Grandma died in 1970. The color wheel was the coolest thing about visiting their house at Christmas time. I’ve been trying to remember what became of my grandparents Christmas tree and if Grandpa even put up a tree after Grandma died in 1970. The color wheel was the coolest thing about visiting their house at Christmas time.

]]> by: George G. Morgan http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32108 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:12:51 +0000 http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32108 Hi Steve, We always had a real tree at home when I was a child and I got to decorate TWO trees; the one at home for my family and the other one for my father's mother and sister. There are stories about both, I can assure you. My neighbors had an aluminum tree with a color wheel in the early '60s and it was really pretty cool. I grew up in such a small podunk town in NC that our one local movie theater used a color wheel to project color onto the bare movie screen before and between shows. In the 1980s, when I lived in Chicago, we had a great lake house in SW Lower Michigan. Our neighbor always went out on the day after Thanksgiving to buy a spruce tree. He then put it in a stand in the garage, surrounded with plastic sheeting. Wearing a face mask and safety goggles, he flocked the tree with white flocking. It was a huge project! He told me that he had done that since his first marriage and since his children were small. (He was widowed, retired, and remarried, and his children now had children.) He swore that this was a tradition he would maintain as long as he lived. He did, and it was an impressive family tradition that all of the family (and I) missed after his death in March 1992. Holiday traditions, whatever the nationality, religion, or ethnic origin, are rich and wonderful. We can learn so much from one another if we maintain an open mind and an open heart! George Hi Steve,

We always had a real tree at home when I was a child and I got to decorate TWO trees; the one at home for my family and the other one for my father’s mother and sister. There are stories about both, I can assure you.

My neighbors had an aluminum tree with a color wheel in the early ’60s and it was really pretty cool. I grew up in such a small podunk town in NC that our one local movie theater used a color wheel to project color onto the bare movie screen before and between shows.

In the 1980s, when I lived in Chicago, we had a great lake house in SW Lower Michigan. Our neighbor always went out on the day after Thanksgiving to buy a spruce tree. He then put it in a stand in the garage, surrounded with plastic sheeting. Wearing a face mask and safety goggles, he flocked the tree with white flocking. It was a huge project! He told me that he had done that since his first marriage and since his children were small. (He was widowed, retired, and remarried, and his children now had children.) He swore that this was a tradition he would maintain as long as he lived. He did, and it was an impressive family tradition that all of the family (and I) missed after his death in March 1992.

Holiday traditions, whatever the nationality, religion, or ethnic origin, are rich and wonderful. We can learn so much from one another if we maintain an open mind and an open heart!

George

]]> by: Thomas MacEntee http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32093 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:36:02 +0000 http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-32093 Steve - you have no idea how much I wanted a white Christmas tree as I grew up. And the color wheel too. And I told my Mom we needed the musical stand to put it on so it could turn around. The only thing I really wanted more, because it was so rare, was the elusive gold metal Christmas tree - the stately version of the aluminum tree. Great post! Steve - you have no idea how much I wanted a white Christmas tree as I grew up. And the color wheel too. And I told my Mom we needed the musical stand to put it on so it could turn around.

The only thing I really wanted more, because it was so rare, was the elusive gold metal Christmas tree - the stately version of the aluminum tree.

Great post!

]]> by: Kathryn Doyle http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-31981 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:17:55 +0000 http://stephendanko.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-great-white-christmas-tree/#comment-31981 Hi Steve, I love the new design. We always had a real tree -- for some reason my parents never "modernized" but mom did add a small green artificial tree to the dining room that only she was allowed to decorate (all in green & gold with white lights) - no tinsel or big lights for her special tree. You were an inspiration to me and I've started a blog about CGS. Please stop by and take a look. Kathryn Hi Steve,

I love the new design. We always had a real tree — for some reason my parents never “modernized” but mom did add a small green artificial tree to the dining room that only she was allowed to decorate (all in green & gold with white lights) - no tinsel or big lights for her special tree. You were an inspiration to me and I’ve started a blog about CGS. Please stop by and take a look.

Kathryn

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