They show a godawful aluminum tree on rotating stand with a lighted color wheel my mom insisted on getting. Looked like something out of Goodfellas.
Yes I also remember those trees and the the rotating light.
I remember the first time I saw an aluminum tree with the rotating color wheel- I was overwhelmed. I sat by the color wheel - I have a vague recollection of figuring out part of it was hot the old fashioned way - and soaked in all of the color and... and... "shinyness."
In my defense, I was about four or five years old.
Later on, I realized it was in no way comparable to my favorite aunt's real tree, which was always large, tastefully decorated and beautifully lit. She and my uncle dropped some serious coin on their tree every year, and only after he passed away did I realize that the tree was there not for them but for all of their nieces and nephews.
I think mom and dad got most of our toys from Sears back in the early, hungry years. Once the catalogs were discontinued, Sears became sort of an afterthought for my parents.
Check out the prices on those trees now.
You’re gonna be amazed!