Strings of lights

1955
Musée de la civilisation, Quebec, Canada
Photograph : Musée de la civilisation, Pierre Soulard, 1995

The fashion for illuminated Christmas trees became widespread in Canada mainly during the 1950’s. Department stores used to offer multicoloured strings of lights and other Christmas tree decorations in their Christmas catalogues as this page from the Christmas Catalogue of the Simpsons- Sears Company of Toronto illustrates.