Games and gifts under the tree, when Christmas was neither social nor digital. The joy of the party, the waiting for the much desired gifts, the pleasure of being together with loved ones. Christmas a few decades ago certainly had something elusive: the atmosphere of the holidays had that special touch that made you want to sit around a table not only to have lavish lunches and dinners. But also to have fun with the games ei gifts of tradition. Small wishes that the children expressed in the letter written to their father that was hidden under the plate of the party lunch. Finding the letter and reading it became a topical moment for the whole family. The attention was all on the children, the absolute protagonists of a moment of tenderness and a unique and unrepeatable wonder: everyday reality became magical and dreamy and everything seemed perfect ...
Games and gifts ... those of the past ...
Traditional Christmas games and gifts, that is the taste for simplicity but also for the healthy fun to be enjoyed together and not in front of a flat screen as unfortunately is done today. From classic playing cards to bingo, to monopolies, to the merchant at the fair. There was no Christmas without fun activities and group games. Password: involving the whole family, young and old, with pastimes that flooded the house with laughter and lots of joy. Hours and hours spent enjoying simple and naive games that transmitted serenity and created an atmosphere of hilarity but above all a warm relationship with all the guests present in the house.
Between tin trains and wooden puppets
When there were no mobile phones, tablets, computers, and all the other electronic tools of today, toys for children were definitely a different story. The games for the little ones were made with simple materials, such as tin, wood and fabric. Tin were the trains, the toy cars, the airplanes: the classic boy's games. There was no shortage of wooden toys, which today we could define eco friendly. Among these are the rocking horses, very colorful and with a fabric saddle. The children of the past also played with marionettes and puppets and, among these, the most famous of all is certainly Pinocchio.
Dolls for little women of the ancient world
The dolls for the girls were rag dolls with cloth dresses of many colors. Some versions, a little more expensive, had a porcelain face, painted by hand, and with very refined clothes rich in embroidery and lace. These are precious creations that not all girls of the past could afford and which are still collectible today.
For the little women of the ancient world that was, having such a gift meant a 'little big happiness'. The imagination of the toy masters of the time was certainly very linear, simple, without frills and frills, but aimed at the development of games that created interaction. Objects that recalled the reality of the time and that, at the same time, projected the little ones into a dream world in which to give free rein to the imagination.
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