Though menus shifted as new products came on the market, holiday fare always included recipes passed down through the generations. And the main course centered on an impressive cut of meat. Green bean ...

This column is in honor of Julie Bradley: I recently saw a picture of a family on Christmas Day in 1950’s Jamestown. In the picture, three children from the Bishop family sat in front of their ...

The Christmas shoppers assembled inside the front doors of Baltimore’s departments awaiting the sound of the 9:30 a.m. bell. It was like a school, with a sales associate drawing back a rope for the ...

This season, think beyond holiday movie marathons and reintroduce Christmas traditions from years gone by that are bound to make this season extra merry and bright. Whether it's a retro decoration, a ...

This restored and colorized footage brings the holiday season of 1950s America back to life. Streets lined with glowing shop windows, families bundled in winter coats, and small towns decorated with ...

The little girl got ready for school, slipped into her warm winter coat and her winter boots. She gathered up her books and her lunch pail and waited for her brother. Shortly they were out the door ...

EVERY year, as you may remember, we step forward about this time with suggestions for Christmas shoppers. At the present date of writing, though, the full, fevered spirit of the season still eludes us ...

Growing up in Collinsville during the early '50s was a treat. Old-timers will remember my father, Roscoe Migliore, who owned and operated the Western Auto store on Main Street. Our family worked in ...

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 ...

For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...