A selection of hair care items from the 1975 Sears Wishbook.

Hair Care Items from 1975 Part 1

Hair Care Items from 1975 Part 2

Hair Care Items from 1975 Part 3

Aren’t the prices are about the same as you would find today? Not really sure as I haven’t used a hair dryer since the 70s, but they look about the price I would pay for things today if I did.

My dad had three of the exact same hair dryers when I was growing up and those things would get so hot you could smell burnt hair. But somewhere during my early teens I gave up using hairdryers completely. (Probably about the the time feathered hair was going out of style.)

Fur bed covers and pillows from the 70s.

Fur Bed Cover and Pillows from 1972

Many of the outside ornaments where the same in the various catalogs. Here are few to look at. For some reason my dad did not do any outdoor decorating that I can think of. I remember having outdoor Christmas lights, but I can’t recall ever seeing them hung.

Christmas Lawn Decorations from 1972

I wasn’t going to post anymore ornaments since I had already done so, but this one is more for me than anything. My mom had several of these ornaments on our tree.

Christmas Ornaments from Eaton 1973

Do any of you remember the satin bulbs? The satin was so easy to catch on other items which, of course, would fray really bad. We had the musical instruments too. I remember we used to keep pulling them off the tree and act like we were playing them when Christmas music was playing. I am beginning to think I drove my parents nuts on a daily basis.

Kids worried that Santa won’t come because you don’t have a fireplace? No worries! For $3.99 you can have your very own fireplace complete with ummm… realistic flame… well that’s what it says!

Fake Fireplace from 1970

(I don’t think we will even discuss the “good” quality of a $9.00 Santa suit.)

Day 15: Since I talked about trimming the tree yesterday I thought I would post various Christmas lights from 1970. The one I wanted to talk about is on the last sheet in this post. They are Christmas bubble lights. My aunt had these on their tree in the 70s and I thought it was pretty unique. I guess when the lights get warm they start to bubble. That always fascinated me when I was younger.

Christmas Lights from 1970

Christmas Lights from 1970

Christmas Lights from 1970

Do you remember LaserDisc players? They were massed produced in 1978 to rival the VHS and Betamax. The image and sound quality were much higher compared to VCR tapes, but the idea never caught on in North America.

LaserDisc Player from 1981

As you can see, video equipment was very expensive back then. (Equivalent to $1,5177.72 by today’s standards.) We didn’t have one but I remember my mom renting LaserDisc players and Disc from electronic stores to watch movies at home. The Disc were huge, almost the same size as a record album.

Wiki Trivia: The very first Disc title that was released in North America was “Jaws” in 1978.

Wife: “Honey, I think the kitchen needs redecorating. What do you think?”

Husband:  “That is a good idea. Hey… I know what! Let’s hang a gigantic fork and spoon on the wall!”

I know… I know…

Giant Wooden Fork and Spoon from the 70s

My folks had them too.