Have Yourself a Merry Boomer Christmas
‘Twas the week before Christmas And all through the place Mister Boomer was rushing (It’s the holiday race!) “There’s no time for posting,” He said with chagrin, “So what can I do, to usher holidays...
View ArticleBaby Boomers Greet Another Year
It’s a new year, and time for boomers to review who we are, where we’ve been and where we’re going. There were nearly 79 million of us born between the years 1946 and 1964, and we’ve made our presence...
View ArticleBoomers Judged Labor Day By Its Cover
It’s that time again. The time of year when kids count the waning days of August with lament and a not-so-quiet desperation. Although many kids begin the school year in August, the vast majority...
View ArticleBoomers Loved Their Root Beer Barrel Trick or Treat Candies
Halloween is happening this week, so naturally it got Mister Boomer thinking about his boomer days of trick or treating. In an era when products proudly carried the label “sugar,” candy wasn’t seen as...
View ArticleBoomers Had a Different Thanksgiving
‘Twas the weekend before Thanksgiving And all through the place People shopping for ingredients At a furious pace. The market shelves were stocked to the brim with care In anticipation that Turkey Day...
View ArticleBoomers Watched the Evolution of Christmas Lights
The Boomer Era was host to any number of innovations that helped to create the technological landscape we inhabit today. In our parents’ rush to the future after the War, there was an effort to pick...
View ArticleTo Send or Not to Send: That is the New Boomer Christmas Card Question
About the second week in December each year, our parents would start stressing over Christmas cards. The exceptions to the rule were the few early-bird relatives and friends who made it their...
View ArticleBoomers Had Their Holiday School Break Outside
When we were young, school would close two or so days before Christmas, and remain closed until after New Year’s. Christmas was already an adrenalin shot for kids, but the week off from school seemed...
View ArticleBoomers Said, “Hail to the Chief”
We’ve arrived at another Presidents’ Day on the calendar, but as any Baby Boomer can tell you, the holiday didn’t exist when boomers were young. The day, still officially called Washington’s Birthday...
View ArticleBoomers Remembered Vets, Then Became Vets
Memorial Day celebrations were ubiquitous in the early days of the Boomer Generation. World War II was still fresh in the minds of our parents, so parades and ceremonies in towns across the country...
View ArticleBoomers Loved Their Halloween Candy
It’s Halloween week, an appropriate time to reminisce about the candy we collected when we were young enough to want as much as we could possibly carry. The Holy Grail in Mister Boomer’s neighborhood...
View ArticleBoomers Were Taught Thanksgiving Myths
Like the story of Columbus discovering America and Washington chopping down a cherry tree, boomers were taught myths surrounding Thanksgiving as though they were facts. To start with, we have...
View ArticleBoomers Helped to Alter the Christmas Shopping Countdown
Boomers were born into the beginnings of the Consumer Age, when “buying more” equaled “progress.” Now that the Christmas shopping season is here once again, it’s time for Mister Boomer — an aging...
View ArticleThe Christmas Lights Doorway Electrocution Incident
One year after Mister Boomer’s father had switched the Christmas tree bulbs from the large, teardrop-shaped glass bulbs to white mini-lights, he found them so satisfactory that he bought more, this...
View ArticleA Very Boomer Christmas
It’s Christmas Week and Mister Boomer is behind schedule. He is overwhelmed by the hubbub of the season, like a manic Lucy in a gift wrapping factory. Therefore, please enjoy this encore presentation...
View ArticleBoomers Said “Happy 200th Birthday, America!”
This year marks the 45th anniversary of the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. The oldest boomers were 30 at the time, while the youngest were 13, making it the quintessential American holiday celebration for...
View ArticleHalloween Treats Were Boomers’ Bounty
Leaves were falling and a cool wind scurried across a landscape punctuated by mud-gray skies. Mister Boomer and his classmates hurried home from school, skin tingling with the anticipation of the...
View ArticleBoomers Celebrate Thanksgiving With Family
The Thanksgiving holiday is right around the corner, and airline industry analysts expect more than 24-and-a-half million people will take a plane in the 21 day period between November 21 and December...
View ArticleBoomers Have a Cost-Effective Thanksgiving
It’s no secret to boomers and non-boomers alike that the cost of living continues to rise. Boomers, having been around longer, even revel in the fact that they can say, “I remember when…” to recount...
View ArticleEarly Boomer Toys Became Classics
Once upon a time, every city of a decent size had a family-owned department store that served as headquarters for visits to Santa and, just as important, a Toyland. This area, usually positioned...
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