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I dunno. I suppose Charlie Brown had a role in the demise
ReplyDeleteof aluminum trees, but I suspect that despite their
ugliness, at the time they were the most affordable
option for most of the population. And as A Christmas
Story shows, they were safer. The availability and
affordability of the new green trees then sealed their
fate. Just as color TVs overtook B&Ws.
I grew up with one and while I could be mesmerized by
the color wheel I never liked it. Especially since I had
and aunt who always got a real tree.
My parents always chopped down a real tree, free, from my maternal grandparents' farm. Then we traveled to Florida to see my paternal grandparents, who had an aluminum tree. I thought that was high class.
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