Christmas and The Five and Dime

Since it is the Christmas season and everyone out shopping, I am going to take us back into how we shopped with little money back in the 1970s.  The store of choice for parents to take their children to was Woolworth. This five and dime store was a place where siblings could get gifts at a low price. The money we used to purchase these gifts for the siblings was the money we got from doing our assigned chores around the house. No, it wasn't much, but we loved the idea of using our own money to get something special for them.



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We went shopping in shifts. Each one (I have three siblings) of us had time with Mom or Dad to go out to Woolworth. They had the list with them for each one of us to go by. I loved going shopping at this store. Since our parents bought us the Barbie Dolls and GI Joe (for the only son), we bought the clothes or accessories for Barbie and for my brother, Hot Wheels. Woolworth was the place were the dollar stretched out, allowing us to purchase more.

The new 'five and dime' are the dollar stores. These are great stores for those who now are in the financial pinch and wish to give a their children a good Christmas.