Vintage Christmas (1955) & New Years (1952) Snipes

[cboncklis]

Now in Canada they say we should say happy holiday instead of Merry Christmas to not offend people of other faith. I say screw them, I will never stop saying Merry Christmas and if they don't like it they can go back where there is no christian holidays. They are social parasites in our country now.

[IwshIcldstrtover]

@cboncklis Thank you for posting this. I, too, refuse to say "happy holidays".

[Mxsmanic]

Who did the voiceover for the first snipe? It sounds almost like Marvin Miller ("Robby the Robot").

[scootron2000]

Love it!!

[KIZERVONZINGER]

We were so much happier then when people talked to each other and watched out for each other :( Today people are so cold and detached maybe the old saying will come true "Everything old is new again"

[raymondlang]

We were still getting over the war here in England in the early 50s, so I would say the 60s was our golden decade..but love the American 50s warmth and hope.

[MrDanlj]

Being of the baby boomer generation, I would love to go bak to this time.

[GTVAlfaMan]

It's great to see these videos, but what the heck is a "SNIPE"?

[frodo08830]

@GTVAlfaMan I think js4653 meant to put "snippets"

[goofermom]

@frodo08830 "Snipe" is the correct term. It applies to the short lengths of film spliced into a show with general announcements like "Coming Soon" and "Our Feature Presentation," or advertising clips like you see for drive-in food. It's possible the term came from "snippets," but they've been called "snipes" as long as I can remember.

[ashleybunify]

Unfortunately that charm is now gone! I know it wasn't perfect then but it was all so wholesome.

[basser294]

what happened to this kind of stuff? 

[lonewulf44]

Fantastic!!!! Sigh .... If they ever get virtual reality to the technology of say the Star Trek Holodeck ... I think I would just live in virtual 1950's!!!

[pianofan2204]

Great, this were "real" dreams of life in the 50ies.

[mitternacht07]

Marvelous!!!