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Popular Mechanics Christmas

Submitted by stumpy on Fri, 12/27/2013 - 7:59pm.
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While going through family slides, I came across two that seemed to have paper in the cardboard slide frame instead of film. I realized that these were the slides my dad used to create the Christmas decorations that were a constant part of my childhood Christmases in the 1960's. Originally cut from a Popular Mechanics magazine these were for projecting onto plywood. With saber saw, paint, and lights, you were the envy of the neighborhood. Santa would be placed on the roof, and the reindeer would attempt to hoist the bag up to him. What good is decorating if it doesn't involve going up a ladder?

While going through family slides, I came across two that seemed to have paper in the cardboard slide frame instead of film. I realized that these were the slides my dad used to create the Christmas decorations that were a constant part of my childhood Christmases in the 1960's.

Originally cut from a Popular Mechanics magazine these were for projecting onto plywood. With saber saw, paint, and lights, you were the envy of the neighborhood.

Santa would be placed on the roof, and the reindeer would attempt to hoist the bag up to him. What good is decorating if it doesn't involve going up a ladder?

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Submitted by bobstothfang on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 9:18pm.

I made one of these back in the 50s. It was a rear view of a Short Santa with his bag reaching up to the doorknob to open the front door. I used the family slide projector to scale the image to fit Santa's hand height to the exact height of the doorknob. I didn't use plywood though, just a large piece of cardboard. It worked pretty good since the front door was sheltered by the front porch. Got a couple of years use out of it.

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