I'm hoping to do some Christmassy posts this month...........So here is a Wartime Christmas from Chesterfield Borough Council.
This is the link ..................... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYE5eBul2i8 in case the above doesn't work.
In my collection of books about the Home Front in WWII I have some about Christmas at that time.
It's interesting to read how people coped when so many men and women were in the forces and away from home. Food was basic - no extras - everyone was glad to eat whatever was available. Many factories and businesses had been turned to war production and taxes were high to fund it all.
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| Typical wartime gifts in a child's Christmas stocking. |
There wasn't much money to spare for Christmas in wartime and people were pleased with even one gift, often home made or recycled. How things have changed in the 80 years since. Maybe we all expect too much now.
Christmas buying has gone over the top but it's possibly being reined in a bit because of cost of living etc now.
ReplyDeleteWartime Christmas must have been very tough but I know from my parents they were so grateful not to have been bombed and the smallest things gave joy. Something to ponder.
Penny
Advertising and spending seems to have really ramped up this year. I think a lot people are spending money that they don't actually have in a bid to forget the recession for a couple of weeks. Sadly that is never good for the new year.
ReplyDeleteMum told me that near the end of the war she and her sister got little wooden cradles for their dolls made by her Dad from scraps of wood, with bedding made by her Mum. Sadly they were both pawned a few weeks later and she never saw them again. 😟 Tough times.
Contentment for what we have seems to be missing in our lives.
ReplyDeleteMy mum's father made Christmas tree baubles from screwed up silver paper made into balls as they had very little money. Christmas back then was having the whole family together and sharing what food they had. Mum has such great stories to tell from those times.