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

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“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.

1950s vintage Christmas ad: "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

1950s vintage catalog for Norma Christmas lights from 1959

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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.

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Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

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