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The Advent of Santa: Day Six
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When we were children, my sister had a santa that looked much like today's Santa. I have no idea how she came to have him, but I distinctly recall he belonged to her for some reason. I am holding a brand new give-away ... details further on in this blog. As the years went by her Santa hung on the family Christmas tree each year and when she became an adult and moved out, her Santa stayed with the family collection at my parents' house. I always liked him because he had such a wonderful, old-fashioned look. When my husband...
The Advent of Santa: Day Three
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The Santa I showed on Day Two of my advent has met with a wee bit of misfortune and is in the shop for repairs. Meanwhile, the fellow standing in the middle here is his temporary stand-in. For Day Three of The Advent of Santa (which I should have posted yesterday) I offer you Candle Santa. I bought him at Macy's in Los Angeles about 26 years ago or so. He is a candle, and even has a wick coming out the top of his hat. Who could ever burn a candle made to look like Santa? I certainly never...
The Advent of Santa: Day 2
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It snowed heavily for much of the day yesterday; after about the first hour or so it started sticking to the ground. We got several inches of snow, and the dogs had a particularly good time romping in it. In today's Advent of Santa you see a second Santa Claus from my collection. This one my son bought for me in Colorado when he was about eleven years old. He was visiting with his father before Christmas, and saw this Santa in a shop window. I love how whispy and ethereal this particular Santa is, plus he has great sentimental...
The Advent of Santa: Day 1
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Sunday my baby grand-daughter helped me unpack my Santa collection and set the jolly old elves out around the house. We set quite a few of them all along the window sash frames in the four dinning room windows facing our barn. Others, we sat and stood all along the fireplace mantle in our sitting room. A few others we placed on the tops of floor cabinets, hutches, and a knee wall. After they were all arranged we counted them up ... 43 in all--I didn't realize I had that many so far. I started collecting them when my children...
NY Knucks: Knuckle Gloves for a Guy
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I would love to spend a little time with you, my reader, on my blog today. It is a stormy day in upstate New York, and we are expecting snow a bit later in the week. The turkey is waiting to be thawed, the groceries and fresh produce from our favorite farm market are purchased and waiting for Thursday's big day of cooking and gratitude. Tomorrow morning I will try to sit down with a cuppa and do a bit of writing for you, but I cannot promise that will happen; it might be Friday morning before I can do...