The Ghost of Christmas Past... Let's see... His Christmas shopping was a little different...First off no bank cards...Nope... BankAmerica Card and MasterCharge didn't arrive until the mid sixties... He might have an account at Sears Roebuck, or Lit Brothers, or J.C. Penny.... Maybe an Esso or Cities Service card for gas and oil... But no universal plastic... The Ghost of Christmas Past socked his Christmas shopping dollars away at the bank.... Week by week... In a Christmas club... What a thrill it was when that Christmas club would hit it's last week!... And Mom and Dad didn't have to start a new one for at least two weeks... The Ghost of Christmas Past comes complete with a real tree... Aluminum Christmas trees didn't hit until '58... And mercifully didn't last far beyond the mid 60's... Remember that color wheel... Whew...They were supposed to represent the glitter of the space age... Huh??... Oh well.. At least the bulk of them were manufactured Wisconsin... Today's artificial trees are harvested in China... On Chinese plastic farms...It's kind of cool that A Charlie Brown Christmas is widely credited with bringing about the demise of the aluminum Christmas tree...
The Ghost of Christmas Past had some good sounds too... The AM radio would rock...Sure, the old standards, Nat King Cole, Perry, Deano, Sinatra and the boys were still getting their air time... But old standards got a Rock 'N Roll twist... And there were new songs too... Come on... Let's tune in WIBG and see what's playin'..
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