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[Vickiv]

Oh how I remember Christmas corsages. When I was very young we were so poor at Christmas time my mother would make up  little Christmas Corsages and I would sell them door to door. They were 35 cents each. My mom would give me a nickel for everyone I sold. Can you imagine nowadays ringing doorbell’s trying to sell these corsages. They were really beautiful my mother had a way of making them. With that money my mother made we had a nice Christmas . It’s really a very warm memory I have because my mother tried her best to have a Christmas  for us. 

[Carmie]

@151949.

 I always wore a dressy winter coat with leggings and a matching hat.  The assemble was wool, usually with a velvet collar and trim.

They made them for boys too.  My brothers wore them. 

i wore that to school and church.  I hated tucking my dress into those leggings, because it took too long and my dress got wrinkled. 

My daughter also wore the same type of coat and leggings.  They still make them, but they are expensive.

 I think they were always an expensive item.  My friends did not wear this type of coat at all. My parents were a lot older and spent more money on quality coats and shoes, but we always had less clothing than my friends with younger parents.

[RedTop]

My grandmother and many other women in the church wore beautiful corsages on their coats at Christmas.   Grandmothers last corsage had 2 small silver bells with tiny red clappers, hanging from a green wreath with clusters of holly and a red bow.   I thought it was beautiful, and she wore all of her corsages proudly.   

I do not remember decorations in our little Methodist country church in the early 1960’s.   I remember coloring Christmas related pictures and drawing names in Sunday School, as well as the Christmas play, but the corsages were the first true signs of the holiday.   

[Nataliesgramma]

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@ValuSkr wrote:

Does anyone still buy corsages?  I wonder of florists still sell them.

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I know the florists around here would make one for you if you wanted. My daughter wore a small corsage for her Bridal shower...

I remember wearing a big mum with a gold football charm and our School colors in ribbons hanging down on our big Senior Homecoming football game. All Senior girls got one.

The thing with a corsage in the winter is any temp below freezing will kill a flower....greenery on the otherhand would be OK..

[cherry]

I always had wool leggings. Every little girl my age wore them. I don't think mine were expensive. My parents couldn't afford luxury items for us.

Boys wore them too

[cherry]

I always had wool leggings. Every little girl my age wore them. I don't think mine were expensive. My parents couldn't afford luxury items for us.

Boys wore them too

[viva923]

I vaguely remember them. the ones i remember were fake corsages, ones you could put away and use the next year.

[lulu1]

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@Carmie wrote:

@151949.

 I always wore a dressy winter coat with leggings and a matching hat.  The assemble was wool, usually with a velvet collar and trim.

They made them for boys too.  My brothers wore them. 

i wore that to school and church.  I hated tucking my dress into those leggings, because it took too long and my dress got wrinkled. 

My daughter also wore the same type of coat and leggings.  They still make them, but they are expensive.

 I think they were always an expensive item.  My friends did not wear this type of coat at all. My parents were a lot older and spent more money on quality coats and shoes, but we always had less clothing than my friends with younger parents.

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@Carmie

Oh how I hated leggings.  It was a real treat when you could pull them up under your dress instead of tucking it in.  I couldn't wait until the day I was big girl and didn't have to wear leggings.  I thought leggings were for babies.

Most of my dress coats had velvet collars and (sometimes) velvet buttons. My sister was a year older so I usually had her hand me downs.

[violann]

In our cozy NYC suburb they were worn at least into the early ‘60’s. My favorites were figurals, musical instruments, tiny plastic animals, Santas and elves.

I had a purple wool knee length coat and a purple brocade Jackie Kennedy cloche, and as I recall, my Christmas Corsage was in shades of mauve and pink.

I considered myself very hot stuff. The opinions of others may have varied.