💡 NOMA Bubble Lights: The Amazing Christmas Lights That Actually Moved Most Christmas lights just sit there and glow. NOMA Bubble Lights did something more. Plug them in, wait a few minutes and the colored tubes started to bubble like tiny soda bottles hanging from the branches. For a generation of postwar families, that little […]
🎅 Department Store Santa: The Wonderful Christmas Tradition Before the Mall Long before Santa sat in the middle of a shopping mall, he lived upstairs at the department store. You rode the escalator past housewares and ladies’ coats. You followed the signs to Toyland. Then, at the end of a long line, there he was. […]
🎄Christmas Store Windows: The Magical Displays That Stopped Downtown Traffic There was a time when the best show in town was free, open all night and only a few inches thick. It sat behind a pane of plate glass on Main Street. Christmas store windows turned ordinary downtown sidewalks into a holiday theater, and whole […]
🎅 Norelco Santa: The Wonderful Christmas Commercial America Never Forgot Santa Claus does not need a sleigh. He does not need eight tiny reindeer or a red nosed guide. According to one of television’s longest running holiday ads, all he needs is an electric razor and a snowy hill. That is the Norelco Santa, and […]
🎭 History of Krampusnacht: The Dark Alpine Night Before St. Nicholas Day Every year on the night of December 5, something strange happens in the Alps. Bells clang in the dark. Chains rattle on cobblestones. Horned, hairy creatures stomp through town squares while crowds scream and laugh at the same time. This is Krampusnacht, which […]