Experience a blast from the past this holiday season with classic vintage Christmas light advertisements. Re-discover the nostalgia of holidays past and explore creative advertising from the 1940s to the 1960s. Find your favorite and re-ignite the festive holiday spirit.

Vintage Christmas Light ad for lights for the Christmas Tree from Edison - Edison Miniature Lamps.

Vintage Christmas Light Advertising 1940s-1960s

“A Glorious Tree = A Merrier Christmas”. 1940s vintage ad from the Wester Auto Associate Store.

1940s vintage ad for Colorful Christmas light for sale at Western Auto Associate Store.

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“4 Bright GE Ways to Say “Merry Christmas””. 1947 ad for various styles of Christmas lights for your home.

1940s vintage Christmas Ad from 1947 for GE Lamps Christmas Lights in 4 different styles.

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Bubble-Lites! This is a Christmas tree decoration that holds a big place in my heart.

I have an early childhood memory of sitting in front of my parents tree and watching those lights bubble and light up. Gosh they made me so happy!

Did you have Bubble-Lites?

1940s vintage ad for Noma Bubble-Lites from 1947 featuring an illustration of a child dressed up like santa and all the bubble lites you can buy for your Christmas Tree

Source: Envisioningtheamericandream.com

“How to make your house say Merry Christmas with Light”. 1951 General Electric ad.

1950s vintage ad for General Electric Christmas lights from 1951 featuring images of homes with Christmas Lights on it.

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“New Christmas bulb won’t chip or peel!”. Westinghouse Christmas Lights ad as seen in a LIFE Magazine, Dec 1, 1952.

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So many different Noma lights to fill your home with, this holiday season. 1950s “Noma Safety Fuse Plugs Sets-3 times as safe!” vintage ad.

Vintage Noma Christmas lights magazine ad from the 1950s.

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“Make your doorway smile a holiday welcome with New G-E Christmas Lamps!”. 1954 vintage ad.

This was the year GE introduced the ceramic coloring process for their C7 Christmas Lamps (Source).

1950s vintage chistmas advertisement: "Make your doorway smile a holiday welcome with New G-E Christmas Lamps!". 1954 ad featuring images of houses with doors decorated with lights.

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1963 Ad. I like the little mid century man illustration to showcase how easy it is to put up the lights.

1960s vintage ad: 1963 GE Christmas Lights Ad featuring a mid century illustration of a man putting up the lights on his tree.

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1950s vintage catalog for Norma Christmas lights from 1959 featuring “midget lites” (small lights some with flowers like poinsetta).

See inside the whole catalog

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Here is another GE ad but this time from 1964. “This year get the ALL General Electric Christmas Light Set. Last longer, looks better, makes decorating easier!”

1960s vintage Christmas ad for General Electric Christmas Lights from 1964.

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“Brightly lighted lawn pieces you can see for a block”. Light up santas, snownmen and more as seen in a 1968 Sears Wishbook catalog.

Further Reading: A Look Inside A 1957 Sears Christmas Book

"Brightly lighted lawn pieces you can see for a block". Lite up Santas, snownmen and more as seen in a 1968 Sears Wishbook catalog.

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I hope you enjoyed this fun collection of vintage Christmas light ads (they were so colorful!). Please share in the comment section, what your favourite was, or anything you wish to chat about regarding this topic. I love hearing from my readers.

Further Reading:

Vintage Christmas 1920s-1960s blog posts (Archived)
Vintage Advertising 1920s-1960s (Archived posts)

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

If you’ve ever wondered what winter looked like in the 20th century, from the roaring 1920s to the 1960s, a nostalgia-filled collection of vintage winter images will transport you back in time. From bustling city streets blanketed in snow to rural winter scenes and everyday life in and out of the home, these images capture the special moments of winter past.

This post is also a part 2 to my 2016, ‘vintage 1940s & 1950s images of people spending time outdoors during the winter time’. It was a fun post to do, so let’s step back into a winter wonderland one more time…

1960s vintage photo of a young girl and her mother ice skating at an outdoor ice rink.

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1920s-1960s Vintage Photos of Winter Time Life

If you must take a photo in the snow, you might as well make it stylish.

1920s vintage photo of two women in 1920s winter fashions / winter coats and cloche hats posing outside in the snow.

Source: Etsy – maclancy

“Can teddy come out to play in the snow too mom?”

Adorable 1930s vintage photo of a young girl and her teddy standing in the snow with her mom beside her holding teddies hand. Cute winter style!

1930s vintage photo of a young girl in a snowsuit holding her teddy bear in teh snow with her mom in 1930s winter fashion stands beside her

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Sometimes you just don’t want to be cold while you wait for someone to take your photo, so off to the photobooth you go!

Our lovely 1920s or 1930s lady with the pretty hair is looking longingly into the camera with a winter landscape behind her.

1920s /1930s vintage photo of a young Black woman posing in a photobooth in front of a winter landscape.

Source: Etsy – JakeRoeBucks

Here is another winter landscape photobooth image featuring a fashionable woman showing off her purse, but this time it’s from the 1940s.

Maybe this is the same photobooth? (P.S. It’s not)

1940s vintage photo of a young Black woman posing in her winter coat with purse and hat in a photobooth with a winter landscape

Source: Etsy – JakeRoeBucks

1930s winter street scene of man wearing pawnbroker sandwich board in New York City.

Further Reading: Vintage Photos of New York City-In all it’s Splendor

Source: Art.com

Time to hit the Slopes! 1930s photo of a young woman holding her skiis ready for a day of winter fun.

Time to hit the Slopes! 1930s vintage photo of a young woman holding her skiis ready for a day of winter fun. 1930s vintage winter fashion inspiration.

Source: Etsy-LightSilverAndPaper

In my childhood / teenage years, I was a downhill skiier and was lucky to have travelled to many wonderful places to enjoy this winter sport with my family. So when I see cool photos like this one of our lovely 1940s lady enjoying the ski slopes (and our 1930s woman above), I just have to share!

Further Reading: Vintage Ski Posters 1930s-1950s

1940s vintage photo of a woman skiing and posing for a photo outside in her ski suit

Source: Etsy – DearMacyVintage

Okay ONE more photo of women skiing from the 1940s. How adorable are these ladies with their stylish ski suits, well styled hair and cute winter hats? The answer is..adorable!

I love the lady on the rights, sweater jacket.

Further Reading: Ladies Winter Hats-1940s Style

1940s vintage photo of two young women cross country skiing during the winter time in 1940s ski suits and 1940s winter hats.

Source: Etsy – JakeRoeBucks

Winter Stinks! An unhappy man shoveling snow in his driveway. 1940s vintage photo.

1940s vintage photo of an Unhappy Man Shoveling Snow in his drivewary after a snowstorm.

Source: Etsy-AlaskaVintage

A little fun during WW2-4 men in uniform posing with giant snowballs.

I think they are on leave as the middle man is holding a camera, so they are most likely out and about having a good time. -1940s photo.

1940s vintage photo of 4 soldiers in uniform during WW2 posing outside in the snow holding giant snowballs and one man is holding a camera.

Source: Etsy – JakeRoeBucks

If you manifest it, it will happen.

Two women posing beside the very tall snowman they built. -1940s photo.

1940s vintage photo of two women posing with a giant tall snowman they built.

Source: Etsy – JakeRoeBucks

1950s image from 1958 of 4 boys on sleds with two dogs getting ready to go down a hill for some winter fun!

1950s vintage photo of 4 boys on sleds with two dogs getting ready to go down a hill -1958

Source: Etsy – maclancy

March 1957-Vintage photo of a woman posing in the snow in a hand knitted sweater.

March 1957-1950s vintage photo of a woman posing in the snow in a hand knitted sweater.

Source: Etsy – iloveyoumorephotos

1950s game of hockey on the pond that has frozen in the backyard.

Can’t have the winter season without hockey (at least here in Canada)!

1950s vintage photo of two boys playing hockey on a pond outside during the winter time

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1960s photo of a husband and wife posing outside of their winter cabin as the man heads off to do some cross country skiing.

Source: Etsy-AlaskaVintage

I hope you enjoyed these vintage winter photos and if it stirred up some memories please shre in the comments section below. I love hearing from my readers!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos 1920s-1960s (Archived blog posts)

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

Christmas Lights Advertising 1940s-1960s

Vintage Christmas Light Advertising 1940s-1960s

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1920s-1960s Vintage Photos of Winter Time Life