A Charlie Brown Christmas Fact Check: Aluminum Christmas Trees

[willowsnn3]

We had an aluminum tree with the color wheel! I was born in 1951. My mother thought she was very cool and trendy. Ha!

I was born in 1951 also and we had the aluminum tree & color wheel also. We lived in a rural area with lots of real trees available but we used the aluminum one for years.

 

[gincz24]

I was born in 79 so never had an aluminum tree growing up, but I love Christmas trees and collect them. Now I actually own two silver aluminum trees and 1 color wheel.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

I was born in the 60's. My grandmother had one.

I remember it well.

I have no idea what happened to it.

 

[chartle]

Our tree stand revolved and played "Silent Night," and we had the color wheel lamp set up in the corner, because of course you couldn't have wired electrical lights on an aluminum tree (much less one that revolved, LOL)

You can get prelite revolving trees.

 

[moon]

My aunt bought one in the late 70's. I guess she couldn't find a color wheel, because she used regular Christmas lights on it Thank heavens nothing bad happened.

 

[indimom]

Born in 72. We had one. I'm pretty sure it was a hand-me-down from my dad's parents though. In fact, it was the exact same one as RedAngie shared. I remember the box. We had the color wheel also: red, blue, yellow, green. No lights on the tree, just ornaments.
The silver tree was in the living room picture window. We also had a real tree in the basement. I never thought it looked out of place. I loved that silver tree and the colors from the wheel. I remember laying on the floor and watching the patterns it created on the ceiling. I've been pricing them on amazon and ebay for a couple years now, and they are not cheap if you want a good one in working condition.

 

[scrhsa]

Yes we did!! It was a small one and didn't have the rotating light thing. My favorite tree ever!! We we would put it together, my sister and I would pretend the branches were trumpets. I would love to have one now. I love all things vintageretro Christmas!!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

You can get prelite revolving trees.

Gotta be careful with those revolving trees. They might attack you.

 

[NYCgrrl]

^^^
Hahahaha!
One of my fav Dr. Who holiday episodes.

 

[aprilchem]

We have one; it belonged to DH's grandmother, so the 50s is about right. We put it up every year until our kids were old enough to mess with it, then we stopped because we don't want it to get damaged. It's exactly like the one in the pictures earlier in the thread, even the same brand. I love it - I can't wait until the kids get old enough for us to put it up again.

 

[leebee]

You can get prelite revolving trees.

Not in 1957-1970!!

 

[chartle]

Not in 1957-1970!!

No but I've seen them for sale today. Frankly I'm not even sure you could get a non metal prelit tree before maybe the mid to late 80's. maybe even 90's.

 

[mnrose]

We had one in the 60's. It was a charmer. LOL. Ours was an aluminum foil model with individual "branches" to be stuck into a pole. Ah good times. Good times. My mother loved it. Saved us from having to use the dreaded tinsel.

 

[cabanafrau]

We had one in the 60's. It was a charmer. LOL. Ours was an aluminum foil model with individual "branches" to be stuck into a pole. Ah good times. Good times. My mother loved it. Saved us from having to use the dreaded tinsel.

Haven't seen tinsel in years.

 

[mnrose]

Photos from last year.

Protective paper sleeves for each branch and stained box.

That's the one we had!

 

[Prose]

Absolutely! I was born in 1960 and clearly remember one at my aunt and uncle's house. It looked pretty much like this:

 

[mnrose]

Haven't seen tinsel in years.

For good reason. That stuff was awful to put on AND take off. Stupid stuff. Makes you wonder whatever inspired it's creation!

 

[chartle]

For good reason. That stuff was awful to put on AND take off. Stupid stuff.

First married we had have fake trees in apartments so no tinsel or icicles ( I think icicles are a subset of tinsel) since its a pain taking it off then we got cats and heard the horror stories so we haven't used it for years. Though we have lost glass ornaments and only found the metal top.

Show of hands how many families from the 60's saved their icicles from year to year?

 

[chartle]

Makes you wonder whatever inspired it's creation!

Um spiders, yea spiders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider

We have a christmas spider in our trees. It was a bead craft.