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Midcentury Gingerbread Houses to Celebrate the Season
We love gingerbread, and the way it can set the tone for the holidays. The ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves combine to create a heavenly scent that feels like the embodiment of cozy.
From decorating gingerbread cookies to (awkwardly) assembling a gingerbread house, we find it all very fun. But does the modest gingerbread home need a makeover?
As lovers of architecture, we wondered…
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happy holidays! do you have any favourite human traditions?
my beloved niece and nephew rose and jedediah walker introduced me to the fine art of building a gingerbread house. i tried to make a scale model of my castle and was delighted to find it impossible. jedediah’s mid-century modern was unbelievably impressive
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It’s time to revisit photographer turned novelty chandelier maker, Adam Wallacavage’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890 brownstone, b/c it celebrates spooky season all year.
Before he purchased his home, he lived in a tiny apartment across the street from famed stained glass artist Judith Schaechter. Her house was his original inspiration.
From there, he graduated to making sculptural lighting, then showing at the Jonathan LeVine gallery in NYC and all over the world.
Unlike Judith’s house, Adam’s was missing all the ornamental elements as it was modernized in the 1940s. It was dirt cheap, so he didn’t have a place worth restoring but a place worth customizing.
He tore down walls and rebuilt the layout similar to the original design, making molds and casting plaster and turning the place into a Victorian style freak show.
After visiting the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, United Kingdom just a few months after closing on the house, he found his path to what he wanted his interior to be based on.
He describes his style as a mixture of the beach towns Wildwood, New Jersey and Cape May, New Jersey. Wildwood is known for kitschy ’50s neon and mid-century modern motels. Cape May is known for its gingerbread Victorians.
He’s proudest of the first room he did, which was inspired by Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” It’s the room that he made the first octopus chandelier for.
Chandeliers are how he makes his living now.
He was broke when got the place, but was able to do things like bling it out in ornamental plasterwork with help from a friend who has a plaster studio and let him borrow from her extensive rubber mold collection.
There’s a perfect long decal for fridge.
Adam says that a backpack vacuum cleaner is the best thing he ever bought to dust the house.
Adam’s advice: Don’t be afraid of messing stuff up. It can always be redone.
And don’t be afraid of what people are going to think. Do it for yourself first and not for trying to impress others.
Being pretentious works in what you do as well as what you don’t do that’s not yourself or true to your vision.
It’s okay to emulate others but always give credit to those who inspired you and try to put a spin on it.
Adam says that his home is basically a show room for his chandeliers. His studio is on the third floor as well.
His biggest indulgence is the second floor greenhouse and backyard.
It’s not finished or really started on yet, but the room under the greenhouse is going to be the seashell grotto room.
Adam’s fabulous Victorian fish tank and goldfish.
Adam’s absolute best home secret is to let your freak flag fly.
If you are remodeling, Adam says to mess with what you are getting rid of, for practice.
What a beautiful back garden.
https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/adam-wallacavages-south-philadelphia-home-37137656
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May I present The Mid Century Modern Murder House: Manson edition. This year’s gingerbread house has an immersive interactive component with a removable roof and homemade, gluten-free victims. Please notice that Sharon Tate is indeed pregnant. :)
6 of 12 grandchildren participated in our annual tradition
Bonus: The Ted Kaczynski House. Titled: After the Explosion.
#personal photo#personal#numbers 2-7#Merry Christmas ya filthy animals#the grads are all 18 now. its getting very competitive and they research the themes#we call it baby love
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do u think my mom and i can make the cost plus mid century modern gingerbread house better than trixie mattel made the barbie cookie dreamhouse
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happy new years me and my friend made the worlds worst mid century modern gingerbread house
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absolutely need to build the mid century modern gingerbread house i saw at the store the other day this holiday season
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oh! can we get midam building gingerbread houses? i think michael would have a lot of fun getting creative liberty of something like that! Love your writing!!
Thank you for the prompt! I got a little carried away with the whimsy in this one lol. Hope you enjoy reading it! (I sure enjoyed writing it!) This is about 3k, so a decent-sized one-shot.
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Background: This takes place the first year after Michael and Adam are freed from the Cage. They are living in Wisconsin in a small apartment outside Madison. (See Atoning for Archangels for the Cage fic).
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Michael considered the failure before him in abject dismay. The gingerbread structure resembled less a castle and more a dilapidated tower. This was nothing like the content depicted on The Great British Baking Show: Holidays Christmas Special.
Soon Adam would be waking. Should Michael just continue with this monstrosity and attempt to salvage it, or should he restart from the beginning?
This was quite distressing. If Michael did not "get it right," then no longer would Adam receive a perfect Christmas. Instead, Adam would receive an imperfect impersonation of a perfect Christmas. This was unacceptable. Adam's first Christmas since the human had entered the Cage was to be perfect. It needed to be perfect. Michael had resolved to make it perfect.
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It was not until mid-December that even Michael comprehended the severity of the situation. Adam and Michael had been strolling along the sidewalks of downtown Madison — Adam controlling the vessel and Michael appearing alongside Adam's body as a private apparition. Everywhere they walked there were curious decorative objects that Michael did not recognize. Bright twinkling lights, and brilliantly decorated evergreen trees, and a plethora of red and green baubles. These appeared in storefront windows, upon building fronts, and even along the sidewalk. When the Archangel had requested an explanation for this strange display, Adam had become uncharacteristically quiet.
"They're Christmas decorations, Michael," Adam had finally stated, voice soft. His blue eyes shone kindly but also sadly nostalgic.
Michael's E.A.M. contained record of 'Christmas,' a winter observance that had been celebrated in various incarnations for millennia. The records of 'Christmas' contained within Michael's E.A.M. were of two distinct classifications. The first classification was direct observations of European cultures that Michael had conducted into the late 19th century. The second classification was textual references: books mentioning Christmas. Michael had observed these books on Earth from Heaven and copied the text directly into his eidetic angelic memory. Vexingly, not well did either set of information expound upon the modern-day celebration — certainly not with enough fidelity to explain the decorative objects strewn across the windows and streets of downtown Madison. However, one commonality existed between all references. Christmas was celebrated on December 25th. This was the same date as Adam's annual Ugly Sweater party.
"Adam," Michael had puzzled. "Do the inhabitants of Madison not celebrate ugly sweaters on December 25th?" He cocked his head in consideration.
Adam had smiled thinly in response. "No, Michael, they probably don't. Not on Christmas, at least," Adam replied. Absently, he fiddled with the sleeves of his navy green wool coat.
Then Adam paused on the sidewalk. As well, Michael stopped. The storefront window beside them was well-decorated with three evergreen trees arrayed with shimmering red and silver baubles. The light emanating from the window shown brightly against the early afternoon darkness. Michael's human stared unseeingly at the display.
"I didn't use to celebrate ugly sweaters on the 25th either ... well, until I went to Hell," Adam admitted softly. The reflection of Adam in the storefront window frowned. "It was just always ... too hard to do Christmas in the memoryscape. At first, because Mom and my friends weren't there to celebrate it with me, but then later because it just never felt right," he explained haltingly. "There was just too much missing. Christmas is supposed to be about togetherness and happiness and all ... well, all this." He gestured helplessly at the storefront window before him. At the glittering baubles, the evergreen trees. "I just couldn't do it," he concluded quietly.
"I see," Michael could only utter in response, astounded by this confession.
"Yeah." Adam agreed. He turned to face Michael's private apparition, offering the Archangel a small, sad smile.
This would not do.
"Should we celebrate Christmas this year instead of administering your Ugly Sweater party?" Michael inquired.
Adam shook his head, sloughing off the sad smile and replacing it with a carefree grin. "Nah," he replied breezily. "I haven't had a real Christmas in such a long time that I honestly don't even miss it anymore." Then, Adam stuffed his gloved hands into his coat pockets. Quickly he resumed his walk, leaving the brightly lit storefront window and its glimmering assortment of Christmas decorations behind.
If Michael did not know his human so well, if he could not feel Adam through their bond, then readily would Michael have taken Adam's assertion at "face value." However, Michael did know Adam well, and the Archangel could feel the complicated swirling of Adam's emotions beneath the human's careless affectation. Only Adam affected this carelessness when he really wanted something, but he thought it too far outside his likelihood of receiving. It was a self-protection measure. If Adam did not care, then when inevitably Adam did not receive the object of his desire, he would not be disappointed. It was a technique Adam had perfected while imprisoned within the Cage.
And it would not do.
It was then that Michael resolved to gift Adam with the most perfect Christmas that ever the human could conceive.
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Problematically, gifting Adam with a perfect Christmas required Michael to rapidly become an expert on the holiday while at the same time rapidly determining a plan of action for properly executing the holiday. This was no mean feat. When Michael came to his resolution, already it was December 16th. Christmas was to be executed nine days later. Therefore, it was good that Michael's mind contained Aspects devoted to tactical planning, eidetic angelic memory management, leadership and herd dynamics, and scouting and reconnaissance. Each Aspect, Michael fully engaged in a concerted effort to shape the perfect Christmas. Each night when Adam slept, Michael commandeered the vessel to avail himself of his primary source of research: Adam's Netflix and Amazon Prime Video accounts. The Aspect of Michael's mind maintaining his E.A.M. made a careful study of every "Christmas special," "Christmas movie," and "Holiday Rom-com" it could access. As well, it repurposed a cluster of Michael's angelic eyes to continuously sample the local radio station playing the "magic of Christmas." The Aspect listened to the radio waves day and night; there was a wealth of information contained in the many "Christmas songs." After consuming 52 hours of television programming and 165 hours of radio waves, the Aspect maintaining Michael's E.A.M. had compiled a list of the most prevalent holiday traditions, decorative objects, and celebratory customs required to properly execute a perfect Christmas. These were then reviewed by the Aspect devoted to leadership and herd dynamics to verify Adam would enjoy them. Next, the approved docket was sent to the Aspect devoted to tactical planning. This Aspect formulated an implementation plan. Only would Michael have one night, December 24th, to execute all required actions for administering the perfect Christmas. This needed to be well-planned and effectively strategized. The Aspect made a list of action items and then checked it twice.
Michael was ready.
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On December 24th, after Adam retired for the night, the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to scouting and reconnaissance was deployed to obtain the requisite Christmas objects. (As Adam did not approve of Michael angelically fetching objects, therefore, the Archangel would physically retrieve them. The Aspect devoted to scouting and reconnaissance knew where to best locate these objects. After all, the Aspect was a scout). With the Aspect's guidance, Michael used the vessel to retrieve twelve pre-selected presents for his human — the optimal number according to the research conducted by the Aspect of Michael's mind maintaining the Archangel's E.A.M. (Although it was dismaying that these twelve presents could not be gifted over the twelve days of Christmas, as was mandated. Only had the Aspect learned of the Twelve Days of Christmas three days before the celebration of Christmas. Hopefully, Adam would overlook this egregious oversight. Michael could correct this breach of impropriety after Christmas but not before). As well, Michael had retrieved an evergreen tree complete with decoration — this the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to scouting and reconnaissance had located in a public park in downtown Madison. Besides the evergreen tree and twelve presents — properly arrayed in gold "wrapping paper" — Michael had decked the sole hallway of their apartment with bowls of holly. As well, he had hung all of Adam's stockings with care before the radiator. (Their apartment did not maintain a fireplace — assumedly, the radiator maintained a similar function).
Then, the Archangel had stocked the apartment refrigerator with "holiday treats." He had flown to several grocery stores, each store specializing in one of the necessary treat objects, per the direction of the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to scouting and reconnaissance. Michael had purchased egged nog and a spiral-cut holiday ham and a variety of Christmas cookies (it was indeterminate which Christmas-themed cookies Adam would most appreciate, therefore Michael had purchased one package of each type from each grocery store visited. This constituted a variety of Christmas cookies). As well, Michael purchased chestnuts for roasting over the open fire of the gas stove in their apartment kitchen and marshmallows for toasting within Adam's toaster. Uncertain as to what constituted a "cup of cheer," the Archangel had thoughtfully purchased grapefruit juice, a beverage that always Adam enjoyed. Finally, he purchased Rich Chocolate Ovaltine and a highly nutritious microwavable macaroni and cheese dinner. Regrettably, Michael could not locate a can of Who Hash — the Aspect devoted to scouting and reconnaissance determined the country must be experiencing a shortage. The scout could not locate Who Hash in any grocery store within the United States of America. It was then, while Michael was strategically marking through his list, that the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to leadership and herd dynamics had spotted it. A "gingerbread house kit." Thoughtfully, the Aspect recalled the gingerbread castle created during the viewing of The Great British Baking Show: Holidays Christmas Special. The created castle had been a masterpiece. Surely, Michael could recreate such a masterpiece. After all, Michael was an Archangel. And Adam would greatly appreciate a gingerbread castle! Always had the human highly enjoyed the sandcastles Michael and Adam constructed at the Paleo-Tethys beachfront within the memoryscape. Although a gingerbread castle was not in the approved implementation plan, prudently, Michael had purchased twenty-five gingerbread house kits.
Or, it would have been prudent if Michael had properly recreated the masterpiece. The Archangel stared dismally at the wreckage pervading the small apartment kitchen. Every available space had been commandeered for the gingerbread castle-constructing project (this was nothing like building sandcastles at the Paleo-Tethys beachfront). In the center of the tiny apartment kitchen, Michael had relocated the kitchen table. Here, the gingerbread castle stood at only 5.17 ft (1.58 m) tall. This was not imposing at all. However, Michael could not increase the castle's height. The structural integrity of the castle was threatened. (After Michael's experience of practical implementation, the Archangel determined that gingerbread was not a sound building material. Why did humans construct homes in miniature with this? Gingerbread was not load-bearing). Worst still, the gingerbread kits had come with pre-formed gingerbread roofs and walls. To construct the castle, Michael had carefully carved the gingerbread pieces to the desired size and shape (using the claws of his True Form, of course). Then, he had assembled the structure. However, there were too many pieces! Everywhere were there visible seams where gingerbread met gingerbread and was affixed by white frosting — this looked nothing like the smooth-faced beauty displayed in The Great British Baking Show: Holidays Christmas Special. At least the castle's footprint adhered to the golden ratio. However, this was overshadowed by the structure's crookedness. The castle leaned 1.21° from the vertical. The more Michael observed, the worse the castle appeared. The frosting that trimmed the castle did not glisten but instead displayed as an opaque, very flat white color. As well, the gumdrop accents were only two colors, red and green. There were no peppermints or red licorice sticks. As well, the six turrets were not of equal height. Instead, they stood imperfectly within standard deviations of a baseline height of 1.50 ft (0.456 m) — even though Michael had been exacting in his measurements when carving the gingerbread stock. Viewing the confectionary castle, the entirety of Michael's being shuddered at the travesty before him. This was not perfect. Far from it.
Michael considered the time. It was 4:42:23 AM. Adam was to rise at his accustomed 5:00 AM. (As Michael was utilizing the vessel, the Archangel needed to return it to bed for Adam to properly awaken on Christmas morning). However, still was there work to be done to the poor showing of a gingerbread castle. Should Michael continue with the castle and attempt to salvage it? Or, should he disassemble the castle and rebuild it? There were pros and cons to each approach, and the Aspects of Michael's mind were at an impasse. The Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to tactical planning was in favor of salvaging the imperfect castle. Surely, with additional efforts, Michael could mitigate the irregularities. The Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to scouting and reconnaissance was in favor of redoing the castle entirely. As well, it would be best to procure higher quality frosting and more colorful gumdrop accents. Surely, a quick flight to the 24-hour Hy-Vee would be fruitful in this endeavor. As well, peppermint and red licorice sticks should be purchased. However, the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to leadership and herd dynamics was unconvinced. Perhaps Michael should instead reconstruct the castle as a gingerbread village? Adam may prefer a gingerbread village to a gingerbread castle. This was a worthy consideration. However, a gingerbread village would require additional gingerbread artifacts such as gingerbread trees, a gingerbread foot-bridge, or a gingerbread snow-mobile. The Aspect of Michael's mind maintaining his E.A.M. dutifully informed. Based on the Aspect's conducted research, a gingerbread village would prove even more challenging than constructing a gingerbread castle and-
"Michael?"
Adam was awake.
But perhaps Michael could construct a gingerbread neighborhood rather than an entire gingerbread village? Suggested the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to tactical planning. However, still this did not mitigate the disaster of the gumdrops and mundane white frosting. Interjected the Aspect of Michael's mind devoted to scouting and reconnaissance. This was a valid point. It-
Adam was awake!
"Why are we in the kitch- holy shit! Did you make that?!?"
Michael grimaced as his apparition appeared beside his human. Immediately had Michael relinquished control of the vessel when Adam awoke.
"Yes," the Archangel admitted hesitantly. Shamedly. "I apologize for the poor craftsmanship."
"Po- Poor craftsmanship? Michael, that's the coolest gingerbread house I've ever seen," Adam scoffed in disbelief. Then the human paused, to yawn. "And it's also in our kitchen. Michael, why is it in our kitchen?"
This was not how the Christmas morning was to be properly administered. Not in a single Christmas special or Holiday Rom-com or Christmas movie did one awaken in the kitchen on Christmas morning. This was an unmitigated disaster.
"Michael, you just got really quiet," Adam observed. "And you're — why are you feeling let down?" Adam tentatively felt for Michael across their shared bond.
The Archangel shrugged unhappily. "This is Christmas morning," he stated plaintively.
"Oh. Oh! Did you?" Adam's voice was breathy and fragile. His blue eyes showed luminously with a nervous hope.
"Yes," Michael quickly reassured Adam's tentative hopefulness. Adam bit his lip. Then, Michael sighed defeatedly. "However, you were not supposed to awaken in the kitchen."
Adam's blue eyes widened in sudden comprehension. Without asking for assistance, Adam carefully pulled Michael's wings from out of Michael's Angelic Sanctum. Then, Adam skillfully manipulated the tertiary pair, flying himself back into their bedroom and landing on the bed. Michael's apparition followed.
Adam pulled back the purple duvet comforter and slid beneath the covers of their bed.
"Okay," he said closing his eyes. "Let's start this morning over."
"Yes," Michael agreed happily. Carefully he leaned over to deposit a soft kiss upon Adam's lips. "Good morning and Merry Christmas," he both greeted and offered appropriate holiday solicitation.
"Good morning and Merry Christmas," Adam returned. His smile was bright and forthcoming. "Now, since this is Christmas, show me what you've done."
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"Is this ... a BB gun?"
"Yes, Adam. It is an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle."
"Huh, okay. Uhm ... thank you, Michael!"
"You are welcomed, Adam."
"Okay, opening the next one! And it's ... it's ... a superhero doll? Iron Man, I think?"
"No, Adam. It is the Turbo Man action figure with the arms and legs that move and the boomerang shooter and his rock'n roller jet pack and the realistic voice activator that says 5 different phrases including, 'It's Turbo time!' Accessories sold separately. Batteries not included."
"Oh, wow. So you literally ... bought me presents from classic Christmas movies."
"Yes, Adam. After all, these are the most desired Christmas gifts. As well, I have procured the most desired gifts as detailed in Christmas carols. The Twelve Days of Christmas was quite explicit-"
"Michael, please don't tell me there's anything alive in one of these boxes."
"Of course not Adam. One should 'never wrap up her damn cat.' It is considered improper."
"Phew. Okay. Okay, good."
"Besides, I have Amazon Primed the requisite gifts. You were correct, ordering online is not that difficult, and successfully, I have mastered it. With two-day shipping, the first Partridge in a Pear Tree should arrive on the 26th."
"Fi- first?"
"Yes, Adam. After all, there are twelve days of gifting in the Twelve Days of Christmas."
"And the other stuff ... there's like twelve dancers dancing, right? I mean, you're not ... you didn't ..."
"There are twelve drummers drumming and nine ladies dancing. Do not worry, I have engaged the appropriate entertainers. And none of these items I angelically fetched. Each has been correctly procured and properly compensated."
"Well, that's good. But, I uhm ... Michael, you don't — you didn't have to do all this."
"Yes. I did. Your Christmas is perfect."
Adam smiled softly. "Yeah, Michael, it really is. Thank you."
"You are welcomed."
"Hey, Michael?"
"Yes, Adam?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
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The Christmas tree: From pagan origins and Christian symbolism to secular status
A Christmas tree adorned with ornaments and lights is a centrepiece of the festive season. But have you ever wondered where the tradition comes from?
Evergreen trees and plants have been used to celebrate winter festivals for thousands of years, long before the advent of Christianity.
Pagans in Europe used branches of evergreen fir trees to decorate their homes and brighten their spirits during the winter solstice.
Early Romans used evergreens to decorate their temples at the festival of Saturnalia, while ancient Egyptians used green palm rushes as part of their worship of the god Ra.
"The idea of bringing the evergreen into the house represents fertility and new life in the darkness of winter, which was much more of the pagan themes," Dr Dominique Wilson from the University of Sydney said.
"That's also where the ideas of the holly and the ivy and the mistletoe come from because they're the few flowering plants at winter so therefore they hold special significance.
"So the idea of bringing evergreens into the house started there and eventually that evolved into the Christmas tree."
From pagan customs to Christianity
There are several theories and legends as to how the evergreen fir tree went on to become a symbol of Christianity.
One is credited to the English Benedictine monk Boniface, famous for his missionary work in Germany during the eighth century.
"The common story goes that [Boniface] encountered some native Germans performing some sacrifices in front of a mighty oak tree — oak trees being sacred to the god Thor," Dr Wilson said.
"Boniface seized his axe and felled the tree in order to stop the pagans worshiping a false idol and the pagans were waiting for him to be struck down by lightning, but it didn't happen.
"So at this stage he took the opportunity to convert them."
Then legend has it that a fir tree grew out of the fallen oak.
"That became a symbol of Christ — being triangular in shape it represents the trinity — and from there came the idea that the tree should be a symbol of Christ and new life," Dr Wilson said.
"That's one of the main origins of the Christmas tree and bringing it into the house."
Modern Christmas trees a German tradition
Modern Christmas trees emerged in western Germany during the 16th century as Christians brought trees into their homes and decorated them with gingerbread, nuts and apples.
"It's the 17th century that we really get the decorating happening, and we get a movement into the festivals and the big royal courts having these trees with the gold leaf on them, having paper decorations with candles," Dr Wilson said.
The custom became popular among nobility and spread to royal courts across Europe in the early 19th century.
As Germans emigrated to other parts of the world the tradition also spread.
But in places like the United States, having a Christmas tree was often viewed as a foreign pagan custom until the mid-19th century.
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert popularise Christmas trees
While the Christmas tree originated in Germany, it was Britain's Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who popularised it in the 1840s and 1850s.
Victoria's mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was German so she grew up having a decorated tree at Christmas time.
But the idea of decorating a whole tree was not common among Brits until a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree in Windsor Castle was published by the Illustrated London News in 1848.
This illustration of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their children around a Christmas tree featured in the Illustrated London News in 1848.
Victoria and Albert were popular royals and soon every British home had a tree decked out with decorations, candles and sweets.
The same image was published two years later in the United States in Godey's Lady's Book — though Victoria's tiara and Albert's moustache were removed to make the image more American.
It was the first widely circulated picture of a decorated evergreen Christmas tree in the US and soon the Christmas tree was in vogue.
Christmas trees today
Today, Christmas trees come in all different shapes and sizes from traditional fir to artificial.
The tradition of decorating a tree is embraced by millions of people worldwide of different faiths and cultures.
While it is still a symbol of Christianity to some, to others it is simply part of December celebrations.
"Here in Australia we've embraced the European aspect of Christmas," Dr Wilson said.
"We eat the fish and the prawns, et cetera, but I think we are relatively traditional.
"The fact that so many of us still do the turkey and the ham, placing the gifts under the tree — that's definitely something that links back to our European roots."
#christmas#christianity#gif#evergreen#Saturnalia#paganism#orginstory#christmas tree#history#natural history#Ra#christ
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A detailed image of a gingerbread house designed in the mid-century modern style typical of Palm Springs architecture. The house is fully decorated with royal icing, gumdrops, chocolate, pretzels, and a variety of other candies. The design features clean lines, geometric shapes, and large windows, characteristic of the mid-century modern aesthetic, all represented in edible materials. The setting is festive, and the house is presented as a centerpiece surrounded by a snowy icing landscape.
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Mid-century modern gingerbread house
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The amount of movies from the 1940s and ‘50s that pejoratively refer to high victorian decorative features as “gingerbread” or some shit and then proceed to “fix” has always been curious to me (see Mildred Pierce and Giant)
...I literally was unaware that “gingerbread” was a 1950s term until this precise moment, but it makes so much sense.
But yes, isn’t it strange? Perhaps because it seemed backwards to a very forward-looking society. Mid-century architecture and decorating tends to be so sleek and modern, trying so hard to look modern that its appearance is now firmly dated (though not without its 21st-century admirers). The way they looked at Victorian houses and the way we do now fascinates me, and reminds me a bit of the Victorian loathing for Regency fashions, in a different sphere of course.
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I’m totally fascinated by Mandy’s home. She lives in New England, which would be the United States, and calls herself the Kitschstress of the Dark. Her decor style is Garishly Glamourous Mid-Century. You’ve never seen anything like this.
And, in her home, Mandy says it’s always the season of the witch. Have you ever seen a combination like this? Ornate/Kitschy/Witchy/Garish Glam/and Midcentury Modern all combined. Oh, and I forgot Old Hollywood Regency.
Look at the cozy little retro electric fireplace. My parents had one like that and it hung on the wall for years. I never thought that it could actually stand up by itself.
You gotta love the kitchen. It looks like you stepped back in time. And, of course I absolutely love the colonel.
Mandy loves the “Creepy Jesus Look” and says this is the current decor of the guest bathroom. She calls it the “Holy Crapper.”
This is the Tiki room which is very retro.
She has so many of these Elvin things all over the house, and I’m most impressed by this big one. Ever since I saw them in my aunt’s house, I’ve been looking online for some and they’re nowhere to be found.
Mood lighting and a Hollywood Regency headboard.
Lots of beautiful chalkware in this room.
Pink retro bathroom.
Isn’t this too cute? It’s her little Gingerbread House in the yard.
Look at how adorable it is inside.
And, she made this comfy nook in here so she can read or listen to podcasts. Isn’t this home amazing? She sometimes has live tours that you can watch and ask her questions about her stuff.
https://www.instagram.com/hagvvitch/
#kitschy decor#mid century modern decor#witchy decor#ornate decor#hollywood regency decor#garish decor#colorful decor#vintage decor#long post
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