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Christmas 1956 was a tight time, budget-wise, for my newlywed parents. College students in a garage apartment, they had to be thrifty and resourceful to make ends meet each month. But they did splurge on this little luxury: Mom bought these package decorations at the dime store and used them to decorate their first Christmas tree.

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