Hallmark "Yesteryears: Train" Christmas Ornament, 1976

This ornament is both traditional and up-to-date. Iconic toys--like this train--have been associated with Christmas since the early 20th century. But Hallmark's Yesteryear Train--made to look like an old-fashioned wooden toy--sports fashionable colors of the mid-1970s. This ornament dates from America's Bicentennial year, when many Americans particularly cherished things connected to the past.