From the Book Flap:
Authors Rochelle Pennington and Nicholas Pennington invite readers to take a nostalgic glance backward to a period of time when rotary-dialed telephones, cloth diapers, percolating coffee pots, and spices purchased from the friendly Watkins man were part of daily life. It was a time when home-cooked suppers were eaten together as a family, and weather was predicted by consulting the pages of The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Christmas meant shopping at five-and-dime stores—like Ben Franklin or F. W. Woolworth—where products lining store shelves were American-made. It was a time when gathering around a radio during the holiday to listen to the voices of Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Bob Hope, and Nat King Cole was a familiar feeling.
Christmas morning meant finding a jack-in-the-box, an erector set, or Lincoln Logs under the tree. Or a new checkerboard. King me! Or an orange tucked into the toe of your stocking.
An Old-Fashioned Christmas captures the spirit of these bygone days through authentic photographs, vintage artwork, and period advertisements, beckoning a remembrance of Christmas past. “Yule” enjoy it!
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