[Uploader is now closed.] In December 2015, readers showed us their wreaths, putz houses, crafty projects, trees, yards, ornaments, and vintage holiday finds — a free-for-all Kitschmas fun! Above: A time lapse spinning aluminum Christmas tree from reader nikstod. [Follow us on Instagram, too!}
Haven’t decorated yet? Get some inspiration from our uploaders of Christmas Past:
- 1,459 photos of readers’ holiday decorations from 2010-2013
- Tinselmania: 219 vintage aluminum Christmas Trees
- 100+ photos of DIY Christmas ornament wreaths
- And… see all our Holiday stories here.
Karen says
Love all the great ideas I am getting!
Vermont Country Store (catalog and online) has a number of new reissue vintage items such as color wheels, aluminum trees in a variety of sizes and loads of figurines and lights.
Also, Lowe’s has a white wreath with turquoise, red, hot pink and chartreuse ornaments attached. It is plastic, but at $10 bucks I am not going to quibble — looks great!
Carolyn says
Gingerbread putzhouse – makes me giggle!
For decades I’ve been onteh fence about plastic canvas needlepoint – some is little old lady kleenex and tp boxes and then you come across something like this lighted church and village…
Mandie Roberts says
I know! Isn’t that village just the cat’s pj’s? I am not a fan of plastic canvas crafts typically, but I just couldn’t resist this village. 🙂
Laura M. says
Kristy H – The winking santa face is a plastic commercial shopping mall decoration from 1961. I purchased that and many more decorations from a warehouse sale full of hundreds of vintage christmas decorations that had been is storage for over 30 years! I had to rig up new wiring in it, but it’s my favorite piece!
Kristy H. says
Laura I love that light so much! I have been looking for a Santa light and had never seen that one so I kinda figured that it might be something like that. How I would love to find a sale like that!
Nikki says
Thank you for featuring my trees!
pam kueber says
THANK YOU for uploading! I added your info to the story and to the IG post too!
Scott says
Some wonderful Christmas nostalgia and so much fun to see the wonderfully amazing rooms these decorations get to live in.
Kristy H. says
I love the winking Santa face light on the Sacramento Kitschmas porch! I have never seen that before. Is that a one of a kind or are others out there??
Betsy says
VERY inspiring!! Pics are awesome!!!
Penny says
I absolutely love the pink flamingo ornaments!!! So jealous of Kate right now! Merry Christmas to everyone especially Bette Jean in Vero Beach, FL. Love that place and wish I were there!
Bette Jean says
Thanks so much, Penny and Happy Holidays to all the creative RetroRenovators.
Betsy in Michigan says
I guess I shouldn’t upload a photo of the whole fam, with underage kids, but last year’s Christmas card (homemade, printed on cardstock at home) was us on our boomerang print sofa, wearing mid-centuryish clothing (narrow tie for hubs, sweater set for self and teen daughter, cowboy hat and plaid shirt for younger bro BEHIND our coffee table with a small (new made-in-USA lead free!) silver tree and retro ornaments. It was fun and received positive reviews.
lynda says
They are all such fun pictures to see. I have to agree, the white putz wreath is just amazing. Love the colors and crafty work!