70s Christmas

[70sWitch]

Hi.
DH and I are doing a 70s themed Christmas this year. We're ridiculously excited about it actually. .

Now, I've been getting the decorations in bit by bit. No problems with vintage fairy lights, baubles, foil garlands, daft looking fairies etc. But I cannot seem to find a silver tinsel tree ANYWHERE.

And I really want one.

Am I too early in the year? Does anyone have any idea where I might find what I'm after? All I've been able to find is tiny 2ft ones. I want 5ft at LEAST.

Ok. Thought it was some sort of fake tan but Google says irs perfume?

I'm sure it's lovely

Te the hedgehog, it probably doesn't matter what you use, pick whatever the size you want is, I think a potato might be more difficult to put cocktail sticks, and 1970s cocktail sticks used to be plastic and shaped like swords.

We also ,ade some tree decs by wrapping matchboxes in foil and then putting ribbon round like little parcels.

Just have to say I am absolutely loving this thread! And the little Babycham reindeer danglies are so cute!

Aqua Manda was the first perfume I ever bought. I was about 14 and had a Saturday job, God knows how much I paid for it or what I'd think of the smell now.

When I was about 17 I switched to Babe, made by Faberge and advertised by the late Margaux Hemingway.

70switch can't help with an RT but for Xmas Day running order check out BBC Genome. It has listings for radio and tv from 1923.

genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1972-12-25

Snowball, babycham, cherry b

That is amazing Starbucks

New mini baubles. 😁.

That's NOT my Christmas tree btw. Although I quite like them on there.

Aqua Manda was what an aunt liked as a Christmas Present. I have no idea what it smells like but it still reminds me of her.

I got it confused with a pomander. Push lots of cloves into an orange until the whole thing is covered in cloves. Then put it in the airing cupboard to dry out. It's for putting in your drawers. As in chest of drawers please people !

See if you can buy a, 'Top of the pops' compilation L.P. they produced one every year in the seventies. Probably in previous and future decades too.

Find some of those old, 'Ronco' adverts. It will make today's nicer dicer etc etc etc utensils seem sophisticated.

Then see if you can find the comedy piss take of the adverts with someone complaining that they can't see the back of their own head. So, Ronco have produced this long narrow tube, about two feet long that goes over the back of your head. It's has mirrors inside it so you can see the back of your head.

Have saved the page Starbucks. Thanks

MissDew I remember the Ronco ads. 😂😂.
Also need to find some "Charlie Says..."

Damn know it all cat. 😼

Why was the little boy taking advice from a talking cat ? Who was speaking cat language anyway.

Wormhole approaching.... Crystal tips and Alistair, Mr. Benn

Back on topic

That cat scared me more than the things they were warning us about.

What about the smash adverts with the contemptuously chortling robots??

I'm pretty sure our hedgehog was a spud!

That Smash ad is a favourite of DH. .

The one thing I KNOW I'm getting, however (whether I like it or not) is a Wombling Merry Christmas.

Man loves his Wombles.

I've got the, 'Super Womble' LP.

All together now...Madame Cholet, don't go away si'l vous plais. We couldn't survive without you that's no lie.

Back on topic you nostalgia freaks !!!!!

Arrrrgh. Wombles!
Anyway, giving this thread a bump in case anyone out there has any more fab ideas (or knows where I can get a silver tinsel tree.)

Groovy! ✌

You should pop round here to borrow stuff. I have some cocktail sticks that are little swords, and a record player. And some glasses with green stems.

You need one of these for your sideboard.

And a hostess trolley.

I love the Genome page . I've spent hours going through it to see what we watched at various Christmasses.

Ik I remember those

Naff foil fairy.