Songbook: Christmas Carols, Home Federal Savings & Loan, Christmas Club Corp., Singing Angel with Poinsettias, Des Moines Iowa, Vintage 1950s

Same bank, different December: a Home Federal Savings & Loan carol book from Des Moines, this one with an angel and poinsettias on the cover.

• Music & Lyrics: Various traditional carols
• Publisher: Christmas Club a Corporation, New York
• Promotional Sponsor: Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, Des Moines, IA (1929–1990)
• Era: Vintage, 1950s–1960s (estimated)
• Format: Softcover, 10 songs
• Dimensions: Approx. 4" x 6"
• Condition: Excellent — new old stock; no tears, folded pages, writing, or stains; colors remain vibrant. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

This is a companion piece to the Singing Girl edition, another Home Federal promotional carol book from Des Moines, published by Christmas Club a Corporation of New York. The bank gave these away to Christmas Club account holders throughout the 1950s and 1960s. This one is in exceptional condition — pristine, unfaded, seemingly never opened — and contains 10 classic carols.

A beautiful small gift for the vintage ephemera lover, the holiday collector, or anyone drawn to the quiet charm of mid-century holiday design.

Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Des Moines, founded in 1929, is later remembered for commissioning a Mies van der Rohe-designed building in 1962. The Christmas Club idea dates to 1909, when Merkel Landis, treasurer of the Carlisle Trust Company in Pennsylvania, opened the first Christmas savings fund for about 350 local savers. Christmas Club a Corporation of New York, which published these carol booklets, was the company behind the system banks used to run their own clubs, and by 1927 some 8,000 banks were distributing more than $500 million to over 8.6 million club members.

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