What Christmas traditions of your youth are no longer around. Mine is canned ham. I hated it back then, Opening up the

[debm55]

can with the key and simply letting go of the tension sent the metal wire flying.How about you. ? And that hard candy in the metal tin. Glad they are gone.

[hlthe2b]

1. This is going to freak you out, but Walmart, Sam's Club, Amazon--all still sell them...

Probably some grocery stores too.

Amazon: Sells a variety of canned hams, including HORMEL, Goya Foods, Iberia, DAK, and BRISTOL
Walmart: Sells canned hams from brands like SPAM, Armour, BRISTOL, and Bumble Bee
Sam's Club: Sells HORMEL Black Label Canned Ham, which is fully cooked and has an extended shelf life

So, you can't buy the Hormel Black Label for next year (or the year after, or the year after that...LOL )

[debm55]

3. OH NO I hated those grisly things. My Mother would put pineapple rings on it with a cherry in the center of each.

[hlthe2b]

4. Hah! Yeah, I can kinda remember them. I don't think my Mom relied on them, though.

Seems as though they were a bit mushy.

[debm55]

8. My Dad got it from the place he worked. So they last into infinity? I can see that.

[wnylib]

24. We never had canned hams. Only the "real thing."

[Runningdawg]

2. Caroling, but times have changed too much to do it door to door, which was the fun part.

[debm55]

9. I remember caroling as an eight grade class. People were happy to have us. Yes , times have changed.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. Why no door to door now?

Violent crime rate is lower now than it was through most of the 20th century.

[debm55]

14. I don't know it sort of disappeared. We did it as a class from the local school

[wnylib]

25. Our church youth group used to go around the city,

in cars driven by the group supervisors. We had a list from the pastor of houses for "shut in" people to go to.

[Onthefly]

5. Brandy soaked sweets

We lived in England. As children, we got the giggles.

[debm55]

11. That sounds good. Very good

[Ocelot II]

6. The kind of tinsel that was heavy and hung nicely on the tree.

I think it was made of lead so you can’t get it any more.

[LakeArenal]

7. I loved tinsel. Every old Christmas movie tree had glorious tinsel.

However, modern plastic tinsel is still something to keep away from pets, so I don’t use it.

[debm55]

13. I agree, it did hang nicely on the tree. Do they still sell the tinsel icicles?

[Sneederbunk]

10. Ribbon Candy

[applegrove]

15. My mom used to put oranges in our stockings in the 1970s

to remind us of the one orange she would get in her stocking as a girl on a farm during the Depression. One orange was all they had to give the kids as oranges were not regular fare in Canada then but were a Christmas treat.

[debm55]

16. Thank you applegrove. A lot of memories sorrounding the orange. Thank you for sharing.

[lynintenn]

17. grating coconut for cakes and pies

my mom making a jam cake from blackberries we picked during. the summer to make jam. The cake was made 2 weeks prior to
Christmas

[debm55]

18. Thank you lynintenn. That sounds yummy.

[duncang]

19. Here's one that I still do.

I’m not sure why. It probably came from an early St. Nicholas tradition of giving socks at Christmas before it morphed into getting special socks to hang. It may have even been a tradition handed down for generations. Anyways for some reason my mother would buy regular socks for everyone. We would get our normal presents. We would have the normal Christmas stockings also. After she passed away my wife took that over. Last year after my wife passed away I took over. A strange tradition that has been going on for who knows how long.

[debm55]

23. Thank you very much duncang for sharing your memories.

[Phoenix61]

20. Everyone decorating their houses.

It was so fun to drive around and see all the Christmas lights.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Pretty Good This Year Here

Better than the last few years, but nothing like I was a kid.
We do have a neighbor that goes all out.
Lives on the next street, but we can see it from put upstairs windows. (The house behind us I'd a ranch, so can see right over it.)
He's got lights, projections, lighted trees, moving light displays, lighted reindeer...
And, the moving lights are timed to music that plays through some sort of all-weather speaker.
It's probably the biggest display in town.

[debm55]

22. I agree. Haven't done that since I was a kid.

[Lunabell]

26. Carolers at your door on Christmas Eve.

I used to go caroling with a group that collected money for some charity in Nashville called The Fanny Battle Home. I did this for several years. Going house to house in my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods.

[riversedge]

27. divinity candy and peanut brittle. My grandma-then my mom

used to make during the Christmas season. I tried making divinity but it got burnt. you really need a double burner pan--like mom had for as long as I can remember.

The peanut brittle I made got suggery--I tried twice. So gave up on both.

[wnylib]

28. Angel hair on Christmas trees. I think it was made

from fiberglass, which is why it was discontinued as unsafe.

Spray can "snow" for trees. You could buy your own can and do it yourself instead of paying for expensive flocked trees.

[Rigpa108]

29. Fruit cake.

Could not stand the taste of the citrus peels.