A Collection of the Best Christmas Holiday Resources
This site features a select number of vintage Christmas postcards ranging from 1910 to 1930 period. Click on the links on the left navigation and click on the postcard to get an up close look at these lovely vintage Christmas greetings. Christmas Resources – Vintage Christmas Postcards
The origin of the Advent calendar can be traced back to the 19th Century. Advent calendars as we know them today went through many versions until the paper calendars filled with chocolates of today. Learn the history of the early Advent calendars to modern day Advent calendars. Christmas Resources – History Of The Advent Calendar
This site has a long list of vintage Christmas ads and holiday art, great to view to bring back memories or just for fun. The ads include vintage Santas and holiday scenes, a few of the items can be purchased online. This free site lets you check out the vintage styles from years gone by. [...]
Visit this online Advent calendar museum and you will see a number of colorful unique designs and styles of historic Advent calendars from a variety of countries. The Advent calendars are shown in a Flash movie, click on the arrows in the navigation to go to more Advent calendars. Christmas Resources – Advent Calendar Museum
Vintagexmas.com sells antique ornaments and has a good article on spotting fake reproductions when buying antique ornaments. The article covers reputation of the dealer, condition of the ornaments and specific popular antique ornaments that have fake reproductions out in the market. Spotting Fake Christmas Ornament Reproductions
Family Christmas Online has a section on nativities including history information and photos of styles of nativities from years ago. There is some interesting history about how families collected their nativity sets in the U.S. years ago piece by piece before nativity sets were created. Nativity History and Information
This site has a list of close up photos of vintage Christmas ornaments to view. There are beautiful photos of vintage cotton, glass, Dresden, Heubach/Bisque-Face, and Sebnitz Christmas ornaments. Some of the glass and metal based ornaments are really amazing, check out their photo galleries. Vintage Christmas Ornaments Photo Gallery
Family Christmas Online has historical information about decorating Christmas trees. Learn about the history of Christmas decorations, how decorations for the Christmas tree from other countries influenced American Christmas decorations, when the Christmas decoration industry started and more. History Christmas Tree Decorations
This About.com article goes into the history of Santa Claus and how our current version of Santa Claus came to be. There is also information about items that may be considered Santa collectibles of interest to collectors. Santa History and Christmas Collectibles
Bill’s Antique Christmas Lights Museum has historical information on Christmas lights, from how Christmas lights originated to light sets from 1900 to the 1950′s, complete with cool photos of light sets and their original containers. Click on the thumbnail photos and you can get a look at the antique light sets up close. Bill’s Antique [...]
WishbookWeb.com has a list of vintage Christmas catalogs you can look through online. Vintage Christmas catalogs include Speigel 1933, Sears 1943, JC Penny 1966, FAO Schwartz 1967 and many more catalogs. Take a step back into products that are priced low and memories of vintage catalog items you may have grown up with. WishbookWeb.com Vintage [...]
For you history buffs this page has detailed historical information about the origins of Christmas including the nativity, customs, Saint Nick, Christmas trees, tree decorations, Christmas plants, traditional Christmas foods, Christmas carols and Christmas cards. There are some wonderful ancient Christmas pictures in this article as well. American Christmas Origins
