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**Early 1900s - Mackinac Harbor from the Fort. 🌺 . . . #vintagephotography #portrait #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #1881 #harbor #mackinacisland #mackinac #mackinacislandlife #waterside #coast

Party, Party, it’s already midnight in some parts of the world. We have six hours to go here in Canada as of this posting. Happy New Year’s Eve! 🥂🎄👋 . . . #vintagephotography #newyear #happynewyear #2025 #happynewyears #partytime #happynewyearseve #eve #party #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #partytime🎉 #partytime❤️ #partytime💃

It’s getting close to that time … it’s the last day of 2024 … time SOON to kiss the one you hold dear and wish a happy new year. 🥂 . . . . #vintagephotography #kiss #kissing #newyearsoon #lastdayoftheyear #2024 #2025 #bestwishes #almostthere #almosthere #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto

Early 1900s (Source: Robin Clark) 🌺 . . . #vintagephotography #portrait #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #hammock #hammockliving #hammocking #hammocktime #momlife #mom #child

Not sure what year this is, but it’s a very interesting pose. Perhaps ‘20s or 30s. (Source: Costică Acsinte) 🌺 . . . . #vintagephotography #portrait #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #smoking #20sstyle #30sstyle #fashionstyle #coolgirl #smoker #daring #armscrossed

~1909 🌺 . . . . #vintagephotography #dolls #sleigh #childrenphoto #winter #1909 #winter #wintry #people #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto

Vintage selfie 🌺 . . . . #vintagephotography #portrait #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #selfie #vintage #mirror #mirrorselfie #mirrormirror #mirrorpic #mirrorphotography

~1920s wedding 💒 . . . #vintagephotography #portrait #blackandwhitephotography #1920sstyle #wedding #weddingday #weddingphotography #weddingstyle #1920swedding #oldphoto #portraitphotography📷

🎄💕 Christmas is love 💕 🎄 . . . #vintagephotography #portrait #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #christmas #christmastree #merrychristmas🎄 #merrychristmas #merryhoho #family #love #familylove #familylove❤️ #familylove💕

I hope your Christmas was merry, your heart light, and your soul peaceful. Here’s to a season of cheer, kindness, and the warmth of togetherness. May the holiday season bring you closer to the people you hold dear. Wishing you a joyful Christmas filled with peace and plenty of reasons to celebrate. Blessings ❤️ In the early 1940s, a 5 foot artificial Christmas tree could be purchased for just $0.75! Christmas lights were tricky though, since their manufacture was deemed “unnecessary” due to the war efforts. After the war ended in August 1945, the main manufacturer of Christmas lights (NOMA) didn’t have time to make up for demand, and only caught up 3 years later. People got creative with tinsel, popcorn garlands, and more. 🎄🎅 . . . #vintagephotography #christmasday #christmasday🎄 #christmas #christmastime #christmasiscoming🎄 #christmastree #merrychristmas🎄 #merrychristmaseveryone #merrychristmas🎄 #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto

Santa Claus is based on Saint Nicholas. Nicholas was a real person who lived in the ad 300s. People loved him because of his many acts of kindness. Because of the many stories about his kindness Saint Nicholas became associated with gift giving. In some European countries children received gifts on his feast day, which was in December. Other countries had similar traditions of children receiving presents around Christmas. Europeans brought these traditions with them when they settled the American colonies. The Dutch in particular are said to have brought the story of Saint Nicholas. The name Santa Claus came from the Dutch word for Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas. The image of Santa that people know today developed in the 1800s. In 1822 Clement C. Moore wrote a poem called A Visit from Saint Nicholas. This poem is better known as ’Twas the Night Before Christmas. It describes a chubby, jolly, rosy-cheeked old man with a white beard. He flies through the air in his sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. He climbs down chimneys and leaves gifts for children. In 1863 a U.S. cartoonist named Thomas Nast began drawing pictures of Santa Claus based on Moore’s poem. Nast gave Santa his red suit with white fur trim. 🎅 (last pic is Shirley Temple). . . . #vintagephotography #santa #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #santaclaus #santaclaus🎅 #sinterklaas #kriskringle

Family photo around the Christmas tree … things haven’t changed in this century 🎄⛄️ . . . . #vintagephotography #familyphoto #blackandwhitephotography #oldphoto #christmas #christmastree🎄 #christmastree #christmastime🎄 #christmastime #love #christmasislove