The November 22, 1956 Edith Adams page featuring this article.
How’s your Christmas shopping coming along? If you find you’re beginning to run out of ideas, here are a few suggestions from Edith Adams in 1956 which may add a little spark to your list – if your loved ones like to hark back to a simpler time:
For a lady who is usually pampered:
* A monogrammed or plain memo pad, address book, diary or telephone book cover
* Velvet eyeglass case
* A large chiffon handkerchief
* Pastel sheets or pillow cases
For the one and only male:
* Cuff links
* A lighted shaving mirror that jacknifes out from the wall
* An enormous ashtray
* A shoeshine kit
For a woman friend:
* A canister filled with cookies or toffee
* Two large mitten potholders filled with bottles of nail polish and hand lotion and other manicure accessories
* An earring case
* A silver bookmark or paper knife
* A pocket atomizer or purse pillbox
* Boudoir pillows for her bed or sofa cushions for her sofa
* A wallet
For a casual beau or man friend:
* A good paperweight
* An old-fashioned shaving mug
* A set of beer mugs
* A good corkscrew
* A keychain
* A large waste basket
* A sleeveless pullover
For a teen-age girl:
* An atomizer and small bottle of essence
* Nylons
* Enough wool to knit a sweater, knitting needles and a knitting bag
* Frivolous bedroom slippers
* A compact
* A piece of silver flatware in an open-stock pattern, to be added to yearly to make a set
* A boudoir clock
For a teen-age boy:
* Gigantic klaxon horn for a bicycle
* A football, boxing gloves or baseball gloves
* A windbreaker
* An uncomplicated camera
* Argyle socks
* A billfold
For a little girl:
* A pink party dress
* Bubble bath
* A cosy quilted robe
* A crinoline petticoat
* A birthing ring
For a little boy:
* An autographed baseball
* Roller skates
* A live turtle
* A harmonica
* A tool kit
* The makings of a kite
* A game of checkers or dominoes
For a baby:
* A night light for the nursery
*Fitted crib sheets
* A Raggedy Ann doll
* Real kindergarten blocks
For the whole family:
* A large, office-sized transparent tape dispenser with large roll of transparent tape
* An enormous jigsaw puzzle
* A handsome mailbox with the family name on it
* A picnic hamper
* Barbecue equipment
* A rotisserie
For a grandmother:
* Her grandchilden’s picture
* A silk umbrella
* A two-cup perculator
For a grandfather:
* A good magnifying glass
* A long-handled shoehorn
* Fleece-lined slippers
* An assortment of cheeses
For the teacher:
* A big box of sachets
* Ball-point pen
* A pretty flowering plant
* A basket full of fancy edibles
For an invalid:
* A bed pillow with arms and back for sitting up in bed
* An atomizer and cologne
* A bed jacket
* A heating pad
