Vintage Christmas Recipes - Retro Housewife Goes Green (2024)

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Vintage Christmas recipes can bring back memories of past Christmases and help keep family traditions alive. This year bring out some of your old favorites and try some of these as well.

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There is something about Christmas that can make us very nostalgic. Old-fashioned Christmases are always popular and even with all the trends that come and go the classic decor, recipes, and traditions always have a special place in our hearts.

Christmas is such a good time to pull out the family cookbook and make some classics you may have forgotten about. You can also make some vintage Christmas recipes that are new to you to experience what past generations enjoyed during the holidays.

There are some strange vintage Christmas recipes out there, like Christmas candle salad.

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Cherry and banana don’t sound that bad together but guess what other ingredient is in this. Mayonnaise! Why is there always mayo and jello in vintage recipes?

For that vintage Christmas recipe, I’m going to say try it at your own risk. I’m going to skip that one. However, I have found some delicious vintage Christmas recipes that don’t mix mayo and jello.

Let’s bring these vintage recipes back but maybe skip the ones like Christmas Candle Salad. Deal?


Vintage Christmas Recipes

This Christmas try some old-fashioned Christmas recipes! These recipes are from some of my favorite bloggers and are sure to make the whole family happy.

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Vintage Cranberry Noel Dessert Recipe

Cranberry Noel is a vintage cranberry dessert that is perfect for a Thanksgiving dessert or Christmas dessert. It’s really simple and surprisingly delicious.

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Vintage Cheesy Potato Casserole

Looking for a delicious and different potato side dish? Try this cheesy potato casserole from the 1960s. It’s a retro recipe that your whole family will love.

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Lawry’s Famous Creamed Spinach

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Lawry's Famous Creamed Spinach has been a steak house favorite since 1938. It's the perfect accompaniment to your holiday dinner!

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Homemade old-fashioned spicy hermit cookies

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Hermit cookies are the perfect combination of spice, nuts, and dried fruits. They're perfect for shipping in care packages and adding to gift baskets alike

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Old-Fashioned Ambrosia Recipe

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Southern Ambrosia is often called “Nectar of the Gods” and it’s an excellent description for this famous citrusy fruit salad. Classic ambrosia is a traditional Christmas dish, and I am no exception. I can’t imagine the holidays without this delicacy.

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Pecan Pralines Recipe

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Old-fashioned Pecan Pralines are a classic Southern candy. These luscious, crunchy bites of heaven taste a little like a combination of creamy butterscotch, caramel, and roasted pecans all wrapped up in a sugary, fudgy package!

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Martha Washington Candy (2 Ways)

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Martha Washington Candy is an old-fashioned favorite for the holidays -- and it's easy to see why. Loaded with creamy sweetened coconut-pecan centers coated in chocolate, this classic confection is a purely decadent delight.

Original Eggnog Recipe

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Sometimes it’s the simplest things that can put us in the holiday spirit. And for me it is making this EGGNOG from scratch at home.

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Old Fashioned Tea Cake Christmas Cookies

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One recipe you should most certainly have in your collection is an Old Fashioned Tea Cake recipe. Although the name alludes to a cake, these are actually thin little sugar cookies, much like a short bread cookie. They are not too sweet, just exactly right and perfect for Christmas cookie decorating.

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Chocolate Pecan Slice and Bake Cookies

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This Chocolate Pecan Slice and Bake Cookie recipe is made with Grandma’s recipe! A chocolate log is cut into slices and rolled in tasty chopped pecans.

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Kringla Recipe for Traditional Norwegian Cookies

Photo Credit: littlefamilyadventure.com

I fondly remember my grandmother making these Kringla Cookies every holiday season. These are soft, pillowy shaped cookies are a traditional Norwegian treat that even Santa can't resist.

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Sugared Mixed Nuts on Stovetop

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You'll eat handful after handful of these sugared mixed nuts. A perfectly sweet, creamy, and crunchy treat for all!

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Retro Cocktail Olives Appetizer Recipe

Photo Credit: www.vavoomvintage.net

These are so perfectly retro- an olive, cream cheese, lunch meat on a toothpick. As people filter in, drop their coats and get the kids settled, they all grab several at a time from the platter and if you're late to the party, you're out of luck because they'll be long gone!

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Christmas Cranberry Cake

Photo Credit: thestressfreechristmas.com

A cranberry version of a vintage cake recipe. It's delicious and simple to make.

More Vintage Recipes

Want even more vintage recipes? I’ve got several on the blog and they can be made for Christmas or any other time you want to try them out.

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What was on the Christmas dinner menu in 1950? ›

This 1950's Christmas dinner menu was listed in Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Cookbook, “French onion soup, holiday duckling with orange stuffing, cranberry sauce, mushroom wild rice, almond green beans, gala fruit wreath, Parker House rolls, butter, assorted cheese and crackers, hot coffee.”

What are vintage Christmas colors? ›

Green. Bob Richter, vintage lifestyle expert and author of "A Very Vintage Christmas" and "A Very Vintage Holiday," says it's difficult to separate red and green because they “really are the quintessential Christmas color combination.”

What was a Victorian Christmas menu? ›

A Very Victorian Christmas

Most Victorian families had roast goose for their Christmas dinner, wealthy families ate beef, venison and turkey, often served with a chestnut or veal forcemeat stuffing.

What was the most popular main meal at Christmas in medieval times? ›

Boar's Head

The boar's head was the heart of the medieval feast for England's elite.

What does a green Christmas mean? ›

A Christmas with no snow on the ground, the opposite of a White Christmas.

When did red and green become Christmas colors? ›

The Victorian era, with its focus on family, tradition, and festivity, played a pivotal role in solidifying the association of red and green with Christmas. The era brought with it a renewed interest in celebrating the holiday with loved ones, and the home became the epicenter of these festivities.

What is the most famous Christmas color? ›

Red is the most popular Christmas color, but what about green? It's certainly a festive color, and it's perfect for decorating a Christmas tree. But why is green so popular at Christmas time? One theory is that it represents the evergreen trees that were traditionally used as Christmas trees.

What was a typical meal in the 1950s? ›

1950s Dinners

There was no such thing as the keto diet in the 1950s—meat and potatoes reigned supreme. You'd find hearty main dishes like Salisbury steak, beef stroganoff and meat loaf on a '50s dinner menu, plus scrumptious sides. Casseroles were also popular, particularly those featuring seafood or ham.

What was the original Christmas dinner? ›

Feasts were held to celebrate the pagan midwinter solstice, and archaeological digs have discovered that the most popular meats served up were pork and beef. Pork would be cooked over spits, while beef would be chopped up and used in hearty winter stews.

What was the top Christmas gift of 1950? ›

The 1950s marks the decade that Barbie first hit the shelves and was at the top of most little girls' Christmas list. Her rival, Sindy followed four years later. Mr Potato head also came out around this time, although the original was a little different from the one we know today.

What did they eat in the movie A Christmas Story? ›

The Bo' Ling Chop Suey Palace is a Chinese restaurant in Bob Clark's 1983 film, A Christmas Story. This restaurant is where the Parkers went out to eat on Christmas, after The Bumpus Hounds ate their turkey. They described the food as "Chinese Turkey" even though it was really a duck.

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