The Hilton Park Christmas tree, 75 feet tall and normally lit with 2,500 lights, was darkened Rationing was commonplace, reducing use of "luxuries" such as gas, soap, and makeup Store sold bestsellers ...

The Rev. Daniel Wermuth II knows the anxiety and longing that many Americans felt during the holidays in the 1940s. Wermuth, a pastor at the Joplin Family Worship Center, has a son who has been ...

I was 4 years old in the Sheffield blitz. Just before Christmas 1940,my nursery school was bombed.I had taken my Christmas tree to school with all the decorations and fairy lights and I lost the lot ...

I was born Joan Dumigan in May 1935, one of 5 children (3 brothers, 9, 11 and 13 years older than me, and a sister 3 years younger). We lived in a big house in Cromwell Road, with a large cellar and ...

A couple kissing under the mistletoe, wearing gas masks, in 1940 Year after year, preparing for Christmas is largely the same: people send cards, attend holiday events and sort out a big, Christmas ...