AMERICAN PHOTO COLORIZING.COM’S OLD-FASHIONED FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS EVE SPECIAL!

Welcome to “THE AMERICAN PHOTO COLORIZING OLD-FASHIONED FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL for 2015! Along with some of our favorite colorized Christmas photos – we’ve got a Christmas Home Movie, Magazine Covers, Toys, Music – Bunches of Chirstmas goodies from the archives of American Photo Colorizing.com . . . If we can get it to fit – you’ll find it here!

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The year is 1958. Jingle Bell Rock and Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree were big favorites on the radio that Christmas. And yours truly was the four year-old North Jersey boy waiting by the fireplace for Santa Claus to make his way from the North Pole. Christmas is always better in color!

Enjoy this nostalgic look back at Christmas in Morris County, New Jersey – just 30 miles due west of New York City.

CHRISTMAS 1950 – LIONEL TRAINS

CHRISTMAS SONGS & CAROLS – MITCH MILLER (1958)

CHRISTMAS HOME MOVIE – Our Friend, Erin Bruce sings “Mary, Did You Know” at Saticoy Church here in Ventura, California (December 20, 2015)

LIBERTY MAGAZINE (Christmas 1936)

THOMAS NAST – “WAITING FOR SANTA” (HARPER’S WEEKLY: CHRISTMAS 1875)

CHRISTMAS CAROLS BOOK(1950s)

ARCHIE COMICS (CHRISTMAS 1959)

SANTA CLAUS FLYING IN A BLIMP (1909)

WOOLWORTH’S CHRISATMAS TOY CATALOG (1958)

“REMPLE” SANTA (1954)

BOYS LIFE CHRISTMAS (1930s)

ANDY HARDY (MICKEY ROONEY) & FAMILY CHRISTMAS (1938)

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NOT TOO LATE FOR A COLORIZED CHRISTMAS!

Good Morning, Americans . . . It’s Saturday! Here’s your chance to have a treasured family photo colorized for a nice low price. It’s NOT too late to give parents or grandparents the unique gift they will treasure forever – an enlarged image from the Family Album – in Full-Color! Our web-server is “conveniently” down, but you can call David in our Studio at (805) 535-5778) or email him at david@americanphotocolorizing.com.

If you order by Wednesday, December 23rd – we’ll email your finished Colorization no later than Noon East Coast Time – 9AM in the West on December 24th. That still gives you time to print and frame it. For extra large enlargements – just head over to your favorite print shop (like Kinkos). Any photos we receive this weekend – will be completed and emailed to you on Monday and Tuesday.

JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1900)

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The year is 1900. This Christmas season, we’ve had no shortage of snow sleighs. And today is another in a series of horse-powered open sleighs. Opting for a Christmas card stylized approach, lightly-falling snow and chimney smoke have been added to this wintry scene. In addition, the decision was made to extend the roof on the building at left – which also meant extending the sky and trees.

Sometimes, I’ll extend the backgrounds in client photos, to center the subject better or provide dimensions that are compatible with standard picture frames. If you’ll look closely at the colorized image, you’ll see that I’ve added a glow to the street lamp, in the tradition of Thomas Kincaid.

We’re including another stocking stuffer for you, after our Christmas advertisement. So don’t scamper off too quickly!

Christmas is coming on like the Polar Express. It’s not too late to look through your family photo collection. We can still give you a 12-hour turnaround time. A beautifully-colorized image of your ancestors (suitable for enlarging and framing) makes a wonderful keepsake for the entire family. This year, “Give the Christmas Present of Christmas Past!”

BUT WAIT . . . THERE’S MORE!

We were strolling through Pacific View Mall last Christmas season, and came upon a very cool kiosk, operated by Jerry and his wife, Lorice from Bethlehem . . . yes, THAT Bethlehem. Jerry is an artisan near the Church of the Nativity, where he fashions exquisite manger scenes, and other Christianity-related handicrafts from olive wood.

The couple are Palestinian Christians living in Bethlehem. Their family goes back many generations in the City of David. They are such delightful people, we couldn’t resist hanging out with them at their little shop. Being Christians, ourselves, Sheryl and I prayed over them.

Before we headed for the food court and teriyaki chicken – Lorice extended an invitation for us to stay at their home, should we ever come to Israel. How cool that would be!

This year, another artisan from their group in Bethlehem, Johnny, is running the kiosk – and he’s very nice, as well. This year, we purchased a very nice olive wood nativity scene for a fraction of what these kind of products go for.

If you’re anywhere near the Pacific View Mall in Ventura, California – you’d be silly not to stop by and purchase a beautiful olive wood manger, cross, or other Christian artifact from our Bethlehem friends. ~David

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ROCKEFELLER CENTER (1940)

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The year is 1940. There’s nothing quite like Christmas in New York. From the Radio City Rockettes to the window displays at Macy’s in Herald Square. From Harlem to Little Italy, New York City becomes a magical place from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve. Of course, at Christmas, a visit to Rockefeller Center is a must. Ice skaters perfect their figure-8s in the glow of the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. On one side of the rink towers the majestic “30 Rock”, home of NBC television – where from an open window many stories above the street, Late Night host, David Letterman used to delight in hurling watermelons to the pavement below. This 1940 image of Rockefeller Center at Christmas gave me an opportunity to go with a more artsy colorizing flourish. For me, this approach has captured the magic that is the Big Apple at Christmas.

Christmas is coming on like Gangbusters. It’s time to look through your family photo collection. A beautifully-colorized image of your ancestors (suitable for enlarging and framing) makes a wonderful keepsake for the entire family. This year, “Give the Christmas Present of Christmas Past!”

EVENING SNOW (1907)

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The year is 1907. Here’s a great example of how color can transform a mundane black & white photo into a thing of beauty. The original image is a publicity shot for actress, Zena Dare, a popular British actress whose career spanned six decades. Among her many stage productions were Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and My Fair Lady. To bring the image into conformity with our standard dimensions, I fleshed-out the background snow. Then I added colors and a wintery full moon. Don’t be surprised to find this image of Zena posted on greeting cards. We’re working on it.