Elfin lawn ornaments, saucer sleds and stockings hung on cardboard fireplaces … it was Christmas 1950-something. Learn about favorite holiday fads from the middle of last century at the new exhibit ...

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The 1950s were a golden age of home baking. Convenience items like cake mixes had just started appearing on grocery shelves, ...

Can Rachel Brosnahan host every party, please? We can hardly hang onto our girdles because Amazon's acclaimed show "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is back for its second season. With Midge Maisel's return ...

Christmas in the late 1950s found me with six months until graduation from high school and also no plans, aspirations or goals following graduation. I was feeling sorry for myself in the realization ...

Cranberry is one of the signature flavors of fall, and this vintage recipe incorporated the classic autumnal taste with ...

Imagine waking up Christmas morning to the sounds of Perry Como on the record player, a tube television set in the living room and a Hopalong Cassidy doll under a shiny aluminum tree. For some, that ...

Nielsen has worked on Hallmark movies before. He designed costumes for 2021’s Next Stop Christmas and Sugar Plum Twist. But because A Holiday Spectacular is a period piece (it’s set in 1958), it ...

Kitchens in the 1950s had a unique charm. Bright colors, cheerful patterns, and clever gadgets made cooking feel fun. During ...

The ruckus around whether to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays” usually starts at the end of Thanksgiving, as retailers take down the turkeys with pilgrim hats and hang wreaths instead. Most of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A holiday postcard is making its way to the family of its rightful owner after more than 70 years. Right address, but wrong date, it’s postmarked 1950. The holiday postcard showed ...