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Christmas in America from the 1940s through the 1960s meant aluminum trees, department store Santas, and children dreaming of Easy-Bake Ovens and Slinkies. Historian Leslie Goddard revisits these optimistic times using photographs, advertisements, greeting cards, and catalogs to explore why this era was a turning point for how we celebrate the holidays.