Ok, so these were in most homes in the 1960's/70's, but how did they come about? I'm guessing there had to be some kind of mind altering substance involved with the conception. If you figure taking a natural green tree and re-inventing it into an artificial version that looks like an alien dropped it off just in time for Christmas, that's one aspect. But what's more heart warming than a fake silver tree you can't put lights on for fear of electrocution or fire? One positive note - if rappers were around at the time, you might have seen a smaller version as bling on somebody's necklace. The good news is they usually came with a color wheel that changed the branches of the tree to a green tint, and red, and blue, and yellow. It kind of leads back to the mind altering chemical theory - you can't always stare at a lava lamp while you listen to Pink Floyd after all. As luck would have it, these are still kind of cool in a cheesy "Brady Bunch meets A Charlie Brown Christmas" kind of way. See ya later for some more cool old junk.
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