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When a close friend, your partner, or a member of your family loves everything to do with the 1950s, with their favorite way to watch a movie is sitting in their car at a drive-in, and they still celebrate every birthday at the bowling alley, then a 1950s themed gift is going to wow them!
So, with this in mind, here is a guide to the most unique and spectacular gifts for lovers of the 1950s.
A Vintage Cocktail Making Guide
First off, for an exciting and surprisingly affordable birthday or Christmas gift for your retro-loving loved one, why not treat themselves to a vintage cocktail making guide?
The American diners of the 1950s were incredibly iconic, and for your loved one to turn their own kitchen into a Grease-inspired space, you could always accompany the guide with a set of retro salt and pepper shakers and a straw dispenser.
You could even persuade them to hold a 1950s themed dinner party to showcase their new cocktail-making skills!
A Personalized 1950s Newspaper
For a birthday gift much more suited to sending through the mail for loved ones living in another state or even internationally, the next suggestion for 1950s lovers everywhere is a personalized 1950s newspaper.
Even though information, data, trends, fashions, and images of the 1950s are, for the most part, readily available online, holding a true piece of 1950s history in their hands will mean the world to your loved one.
Vintage-Style Guitar Pickups
If your loved one is either an amateur, or even professional, guitar player, then an excellent idea for them to produce the incredible 1950s-style humbucker sound from their instrument is to treat them to one of the limited Paul Reed Smith guitar pickups.
Essentially, a guitar pickup is the proverbial heart of the instrument and works by converting the vibrations from strumming and plucking into electricity and would make an impressive gift that will show your loved one how thoughtful you are.
A Vintage Watch
If your loved one has a significant milestone of a birthday coming up, or for a fabulous graduation or wedding gift, you could consider the more expensive yet incredible idea of gifting them a vintage watch.
Back when watches needed to be wound before they started to work, a vintage watch would be a stylish and statement gift that your loved one could show off each day to everyone they encounter.
A Classic Science Fiction Book
Last but most definitely not least, for the friend or relative who loves to read, consider gifting them a classic science fiction book from the 1950s.
The ‘50s were the era of sci-fi, and from the legendary Jack Vance to Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov, such authors were true masters of the genre. Spend a morning browsing local thrift shops and antique fairs to source an authentic science fiction book published in the 1950s for a reasonable price and a fantastic gift.
