Holiday Wishes from 1974

The paint is falling off the walls but that board and calendar are in great shape!

Wow. December, 1974, I was a senior in high school. Ford was president, disco was hot, pale blue polyester clothes & platform shoes were cool, and hair was huge. Hot cars were the Pacer, the Pinto, and the Granada. Nixon resigned just 4 months prior and the Vietnam War was winding down. And to think, this was here at that time. Great shot.

I wasn't even born yet in 1974

whats above the calendar?

Bobo, that's a cardboard Christmas decoration of bells and holly.

Things like this make me feel strangely sad for the people who were there at that time. It just seems like it would be hard to spend Christmas in a hospital.

ty spydertap

@ Larry D--Yeah, I remember all that stuff too.

Now I feel old--like this building.

Not a very nice place to spend the holidays.
The decoration gives off a sense of irony.

I was a junior in high school at this time, brings back memories.

I was born in december of 1974... but someone clearly neglected to mark that special occasion on this calendar :)

....and for Christmas, we're kicking you out!

Sorry, that was the Reagan adminsitration.

Enjoyed that blast from the past Larry :)

i was an LPN working my third Christmas while employed in a hospital. You got either the day of or the eve of Christmas off, not both. At least that way you could spend some time off with your family.
The first year I worked Christmas Eve a younger patient (20ish) was discharged aroumd 3PM. She was back by 7PM with a small Christmas tree and decorations for her hospital roommate. Still gives me a good feeling in my soul to think about that.

Uh...December 1974 I was just getting ready to turn 6 years old. I was in Kindergarten and life was paste, crayons, and markers and lots of colored paper to make art for my mommy. I don't remember what the fashions were at that time as I had NO say in what I wore, but I do remember the funky music of the time. My mom and her first husband were still together and I remember them going out to the disco on Saturday nights and how the babysitter used to come and watch me and my then year-old brother, and how we used to watch Good Times and M*A*S*H and Fantasy Island on TV until it was time to go to bed. I remember the babysitter letting me stay up just a little later to watch TV with her. :) I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything. :)

(Note: Fantasy Island was actually later on in 1977 but I was still only 8 and my brother was 5 then)...

I was not born till 1980! But there is one thing I want form 1974.... The AMC Gremlin!!! Yes there ugly but for some reason I thing there pretty cool. Drop in a 390 and you have a sweet hot rod!

Gremlins were cool, I almost bought a used one once.
Got a 1973 Newport instead.

Right there with ya LarryD. Only I had suede leather boots with big 2" heels. Wore patched jeans, had a 69 Dodge Dart Swinger 340. I remained immune to the disco plague. Led Zeppelin, Santana, Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers,etc.. Independent freedom AND the drinking age was 18, that pivotal moment coming soon. Selective Service was officially terminated at this time and many a sigh of relief was heard.

I wasn't around for a few more years in 1974, so this has literally been hanging there my entire life. That blows my mind, all the life I've lived, holidays, vacation, growing up, getting married, etc. etc... and it's been there the entire time. While life can be hectic and stressful, this little Christmas card calendar has been sitting quietly on the sidelines. Interesting how things work out like that sometimes. One of my favorite pictures. :)

how sad that at times this was probably the closest thing people had to home, dreams and hopes of actually feeling loved. i hope that that wish of going home came true. no one deserves to be alone...especially on christmas :( i wish that more people could walk a day in the shoes of someone with special needs. I truley appreciate that you give people that chance motts, to see that people still need some loving too. <3

Wow. 1974. My birth was still fifteen years away.

December 1974...that's approximately 3 years and 2 months after Walt Disney Wotrld's Magic Kingdom opened, and approximately 19 years, 5 months, and 2 weeks after Disneyland in Anaheim CA opened.

My first kiss was in a white gremlin with an organge stripe!
Ahhh, Memories, light the corners of my mind...mistly watercolor memories...we had to sing that at 8th grade graduation!