Christmas Shopping, 1921 Style

Well, COVID or no, it’s that time of year—Christmas 2021.

And Christmas isn’t complete, of course, without decking the halls with boughs of holly, i.e., home decorating. Then there’s gift giving and meal preparation and, and, and, all pandemic permitting...

All of these require not just the time and trouble of planning and setting them in motion but....money.

So, to make things easier for you, I’m going to take you back in time to a century ago, to December 1921 when (if we don’t factor in inflation) prices were cheap.

And to promote you to shop locally I’m going to visit exclusively Duncan stores where you’re sure to find everything you and your family’s hearts desire. But be warned: you can’t use your credit cards—they haven’t been invented yet!


As for credit, period, well, that could be dicey if you hadn’t already established a good working relationship with your grocer, butcher and general store.

Whatever, that’s next week in the Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Originally, Christmas cards were printed in postcard format and mailed without an envelope. Now, thanks to email, hardly anyone mails them, with or without an envelope, at all! --Author’s collection