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more about #theroaring20s more comments → champagne: I love this so much. Keep em coming on the flapper express! more » champagne: Thank you for that tidbit! I love all things 1920s. more » stealthird: Those women were lying. We all know what they wanted: a beer. I almost wish we still had prohibition so we could hang out in speakeasys. more » Parachuting: Color me unimaginative then, because I want a Kitchen Aid Artisan mixer for Christmas. more » tscheese: I just want a goddamn Yankee candle and a new showerhead. I will get neither. more » omgwhodoesyourhair: See, and I thought all women just wanted abortions for Christmas. more » Flackette Goes Retro: Yarn/knitting store gift card, please. I want to wrap myself in baby alpaca fur. more » the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene: Starbucks gift cards, FTW! I work in a library and I get to order pretty much anything I want and then read it before it goes on the shelves, so I'm s... more » AthertonMerriweather: A Federal Bailout? more » the_decider: No one in my life has to guess what I want for Christmas or my birthday. That is why God invented lists. more » scullymurphy: I'd like to stop the 'perfume is a good gift' idea right now. It's really not. A woman's perfume is one of the most personal things she wears and real... more » SomeAuthorGirl: "Pajamas are the smartest of gifts for certain ladies, and negligees for others." Classic! more » TheUptightMidwesterner: I am all hot-to-trot for this new set of pots and pans that I saw at Daytons-'er-Macy's. (Given that my husband is now using the economy as vailidatio... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I want all of the above things, but I want the actual 1920s version of them. Antiques for the win! more » rollergirl76: The word "negligee" needs to make a comeback. It sounds so naughty, but in a sexy way, like something Mae West would wear. This post is so wonderful b... more » -
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What Women Wanted For Xmas In 1928
Cropped haircuts? Moonshine? Dropped waist frocks? Make an educated guess, and then read the actual list of things a 1928 journalist says women want for the holidays. [Minneapolis Star Tribune] -
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Christmas Party, 1925
"That hussy Myrtle better keep her paws off my man." Click on Myrt for the full 1925 Holiday Party scene! [Buzz Feed via Shorpy]
