is the star shower that uses lasers to project the lights on your home. i saw a guy in shorts doing his christmas lights yesterday it may be zoo early for some, but for others the decorations go up after thanksgiving. year after year we do the
same ornaments and displays, but how about a vintage touch? bob victor is here to help us put a spin on the decorations. what does vintage decoration mean? anything 20 years or older, so we are vintage.
check! from the '80s, vintage. my wheel house for vintage is '30s, '40s, '50s, the thing that would be in your grandmother's attic. reporter: you brought great examples, can you find them in your grandmother's attic or
other places? it's small business saturday go to a flea market, an antique shop. all these plays are filled with vintage christmas, too. reporter: thrift stores, too? absolutely.
reporter: can you mix modern and vintage, or should you go all the way vintage? i mix because as much as i'm a purist, i am practical. i use new lights to light my tree. you brought examples this tree reminds me of my
grandmother. we have one like that that we put out from my grandmother. i love that. that's the best thing about vintage. we talk about these people. this was my strand mother's and she had one like this.
a plastic mold christmas tree that is easy if you have kids and pets, it's not going to break. the ornaments are gorgeous, and some are prominent heirlooms, how do you display them if you are worried about your kids or pets breaking
them? i often talk to people who have children and i say put them in a nice bowl like this so you can appreciate them and think of her and have a merry christmas, but not have them break and then put plastic or paper on the tree.
in the 1950s there was a plastic explosion, and they are just as easy find. what other items stick out to you that people should look out for when decorating? something special to me is definitely any ornaments for world war ii.
you can tell that because they have the paper caps on top because things were rationed so there's no silvering inside, and there's paper. it's such a sweet sentimental paper of what the country did. of course. and then for people who
don't have a will the of space, they may not be able to put up a tree, how do you get that vintage look without the tree? blowup santa over there, he's easy enough. hi one like this in my childhood bedroom as a night light, and you can put it in
the corner, and there's the soft glow of vintage christmas, and you can easily put it away. these are dvds but old christmas movies. i didn't even know they made these in dvd. miracle of 34th street, the book, are these things you
display on stands, or how do you display these? i actually play the dvds every year. you're playing them as well. and watch them, but i always put the miracle on 34th street book out because it's so sweet and sentimental, and i watched
it on thanksgiving because it starts with the macy's thanksgiving day parade. things like this, records, i still play vintage vinyl, but i'm cooky like that the little drummer boy. who doesn't love the little you can talk to the kids
about the days when the records