❇️ This month in history ➡️ Dedicated to a little Christmas history!
❇️ December Mini Bites of History ❇️
INVENTIONS 🎄
DECEMBER 22, 1960–
In Canada, aluminum Christmas trees go on sale. They were first manufactured in 1955, but only introduced in Canada in 1960.
Considered the first artificial tree that was not green, they were silver in colour. It featured foil needles and illumination from below from a rotating colour wheel. Sounds pretty and a bit dangerous.
They were manufactured into the 70’s, and you can now find them in museums.
TELEVISION 📺
DECEMBER 9, 1965 – A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on CBS TV. It was the first TV based special based on the comic strip Peanuts.
The special was commissioned by the Coca-Cola Company and was produced on a small budget and the producers, along with the network, predicted it would be a disaster. Well, it was not! It received high ratings, won an Emmy, and is an annual presentation aired on TV during the Christmas season.
The show is also responsible for the now famous and delightful Charlie Brown Christmas tree. A single stem evergreen, sparse boughs and a single ornament…pure simplicity.
Be sure to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas and add some nostalgia to your holidays…just great memories.
TELEVISION 📺
DECEMBER 17, 1989– The Simpsons debuted as a Christmas special.
It first appeared as a cartoon short called “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire”, but was known onscreen as “The Simpsons Special”. As Bart disobediently gets tattooed, Marg spends the family’s holiday budget getting it removed and Homer takes a job at a shopping mall as Santa; 13.4 million people watched!
After it debut and introduced of the Simpson family, “The Simpsons” was aired regularly in Jan 1990 and is still on today! It is the longest-running animated television series and longest-running scripted prime-time TV show.
History is very interesting; tells us where we have been, how the world was and often what mistakes have been made. Memory Monday is based on fun and fascinating bits of history that may not be the big events, but helped shape or bring us to where we are today. If you are interested in this type of history and writing short articles like I've been doing, please contact me at stacey@yourlocalbuzz.ca
