How old is your Christmas tree?

Slinky

21-25 years

Slinky wrote: »

I have a set of Christmas lights from the late 1950s...... Fortunately we bought plenty of spare bulbs when they were still being sold in Woolies in the 1970s. They usually work straight out of the box, or if not just need a loose bulb tightening up.


Inherited them from my Dad who bought them for his parents one Christmas when they couldn't find the handmade set (he was an electrician) he made them in the 1940s.....


I love the fact they have been on 3 generations of Christmas trees.

Sadly the lights died this year. They worked OK out of the box, then a few days later there was a scorching smell and they died. One of the bulbs has melted the surrounding flower so unfortunately it's terminal. I will keep them as a reminder of happy times past.