With age, sometimes there is an irresistible desire to remember your childhood, to feel a certain nostalgia for the times of the USSR. For some reason, the New Year in the Soviet manner most reminds those over thirty of the times that, despite the deficit, you remember with ecstasy of the heart, considering them the best.
Now there is a growing tendency to celebrate the New Year in the style of the USSR. A Christmas tree dressed up according to the American model in three colors is no longer surprising. More and more I want to decorate the Christmas tree with old Soviet toys. And by all means put cotton wool, imitating snow, and tangerines under it.
Variety of Christmas tree decorations
Often, the Christmas tree in Soviet families was decorated with an abundance of toys and ornaments. Special attention should be paid to clothespins toys, which are very convenient to attach to the middle of a Christmas tree branch. In the form of what only they were not presented: Santa Claus, Snowman, Snow Maiden, candle, matryoshka.
The balls, as now, were of different sizes, but a unique highlight was in the balls with round hollows, into which the light of the garlands fell, creating a fabulous illumination throughout the Christmas tree. There were also balls with a phosphoric pattern that glowed in the dark.
Since the New Year comes at midnight, toys in the form of clocks were produced. They were given a central place on the tree. Often, such Soviet Christmas tree decorations were hung at the very top, just below the crown, which, of course, was decorated with a red star - the main Soviet symbol.
Even Christmas tree decorations of those times were represented by ornaments made of large bugles and beads. They were usually hung on the lower or middle branches. Old Soviet toys, especially pre-war ones, are carefully stored and passed on from grandmothers to grandchildren.
From icicles, houses, clocks, animals, balls, stars, a unique New Year's composition was obtained.
Do you have a weakness for such toys?
- Yes!!! Adore!
- Interesting things, rarity after all …
- No, modern jewelry is much more beautiful.
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Was it raining?
There was no such fluffy and voluminous rain as it is now during Soviet socialism. The tree was decorated with vertical rain and beads. A little later, a horizontal rain appeared, but it was not thick and voluminous. Some of the gaps in the tree were filled with garlands and candies.
The embodiment of the Soviet past in the 21st century
For a few days, you can feel the atmosphere of the Soviet Union with the help of a Christmas tree dressed up in a retro style. Unique Christmas tree decorations of Soviet times, ornaments and tinsel should be looked for in the bins of our grandmothers or purchased at city flea markets. By the way, auctions and online stores for the purchase, sale and exchange of Christmas tree decorations of the USSR era are being created on the network. Some even collect such toys, many of which are already considered antiques.
All that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree with old Soviet toys, turn on the Irony of Fate and for a second remember your childhood.
