MMC Great Christmas Gifts in the 1970s

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Christmas gifts in the 1970s were very different than the decades before. It was an age before computers yet an age when technology affected nearly everything in gift giving. You could give Dad a tie for Christmas. But why would you when you could give him a hot lather shave kit instead? The shaving industry in the early 1970s was rocked by two elements: the long hair and long sideburn trends of the late 1960s and the ever present Norelco electric shaver commercials on television. What could the traditional shave industry do to prop up sagging sales? First they triedRead more

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[WintersElf]

yeah they were so much simpler back them...I got the papr dolls and paint sets and was happy as a lark..

 

[shrcpark]

I liked the paper dolls and the color forms from the 70s.

 

[WintersElf]

i loved color forms...coloring books and new crayons..