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Nostalgic Gals, Rejoice: These 3 Retro Christmas Trends Are Making a Comeback

Raise your hand if you love the nostalgia of Christmas. (Good, same.) Now, ladle up a cup of eggnog, don your scratchiest synthetic sweater and get ready to decorate like it. Here are three vintage Christmas trends that are having a magical comeback this season. 

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Flocked Trees

Recently, it seems like all our favorite design bloggers (see Reinvented Collection’s tree, above) are making like it’s 1962 and flocking their Christmas trees. Refresher: Flocking is the mid-century trend of dusting your entire tree in white powder (here’s our favorite) to achieve a snowy effect. The finished look? Wonderfully retro winter wonderland.

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Antique Glass Ornaments

We love mixing heirloom ornaments with our own baubles every year. But this season, our favorite tastemakers are doubling down on old-timey mercury glass. (How chic is Vintage Whites’ ornament bowl display?) Consider this your excuse to raid granny’s attic for her antique collection of Shiny Brites. (Or head to a retailer offering up reproductions—shh, we won’t tell if you won’t.)

Christmas Cloches

From mantles to tablescapes, vintage-inspired “snow globes” are everywhere this season. Filled with retro woodland figurines, bottle brush trees, vintage toy cars and—yup—fake snow, this kid-friendly DIY is the very best kind of kitsch. (Psst: We love this easy tutorial by Little House of Four.)



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Home Editor

From 2014-2019 Grace Beuley Hunt held the role of Home Editor covering interior design, styling, trends and more.