Christmas for Steve and Bucky
(I love the 20s, 30s and 40s so here's some information about what Christmas was like during this time and the things Steve and Bucky wouldn't recognise/be familiar with)
In their childhoods 'A Christmas Carol' was very popular, and decorating trees with handmade items and electric lights was common. Handmade Christmas cards complete with Christmas cookies would have been a very common gift. (Plus I bet Steve would continue to give them out now).
Oranges were an incredibly popular stocking stuffer during the 20s and 30s and represented an affordable luxury for many Americans.
Steve and Bucky would probably be shocked by how early people began decorating for Christmas, or seeing Christmas things in stores early. During their childhood trees were often only decorated on Christmas Eve.
Christmas tree lighting ceremonies were firmly established during their childhood so watching Christmas tree lights turned on in public parks and places would be familiar to them, typically accompanied by Christmas carols and choirs.
The Rockettes were still rather new but performed their Christmas Spectacular for years during Steve and Bucky's youth.
They likely wouldn't be familiar with advent calendars, which only gained popularity in America after World War 2. They also probably wouldn't know about the Nutcracker, which only made its way to the US in 1944. Candy canes also weren't popular until 1950s when they were mass produced so Steve and Bucky likely wouldn't associate them as heavily with Christmas as they are now.
During the 1920s Santa was referred to as both Santa and St Nicholas, so it's likely the two would use the names interchangeably.
Collecting and displaying snow babies was popular and they are adorable! They were a staple in Christmas decor. Crepe paper was very popular, including instructions on making crepe dresses for one time use!
Steve Rogers would never have heard 'Rudoloh the Red Nosed Reindeer ' before. He may have been familiar with the character, but that's unlikely (however infinitely cuter if he knew the character and got to hear the song for the first time).
Rudolph only became a household name after the song, but in 1939 was a part of a department stores promotions. Rudolph was the main character of a small childrens story they published that year. The most likely way for Steve to know about it is through Bucky and him receiving the book when buying gifts for someone else, maybe Bucky's sister.
Steve and Bucky may have been familiar with the radio show of "The Cinnamon Bear" a children's series where twins try find their missing Christmas star with the help of a teddy bear. Very cute, I could imagine they'd find listening to it now very nostalgic.
There's also a fairly solid chance that Steve and Bucky had been to a white elephant party before, as they have been fairly popular since 1901.
I definitely need to read/write some fics about Christmas time for them, and adapting to more modern Christmas's djekskek
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