Christmas morning circa 1959 was the theme for the 2008 Christmas window

Silver aluminum trees became all the rage in the late 1950′s thru the 1960s.   This tree was simply decorated with red balls.  I used the color red to unify the separate elements of the window display.

I was looking for one of those 1950′s cardboard fireplaces for the window display but could not seem to find one in time.  I have always found those fireplaces curious.  I guess if you did not have a fireplace a cardboard one served the purpose, sort of.  Lighting a fire in it could be a problem and then there is the issue of Santa and the chimney.  So for this window a hand-drawn fireplace served the purpose quite well.