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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...
Somewhere north of here
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Somewhere north of here there is a place where a gazillion little elves are working around the clock to help a jolly ol' guy in a red suit create some magic that will bring happiness and joy to a great many children and other human beings. Their effort will be worthwhile, no matter how hard they have to work in getting there. Memories of the magic they create will live on in the hearts and minds of those who experience it for years to come. They will make a difference, those elves and that jolly ol' guy in the red...
It Happened One Night
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Having been featured in the "Treasury" collections of other Etsy sellers frequently, I decided it was time to pay it forward and create a Treasury of my own to promote some very aesthetic, special-to-me, items I have seen on Etsy. It is sort of like window shopping, but at home in my PJs while Sweet Pea runs around the room playing with toys and singing pretty little songs to herself. So, how about grabbing a cuppa something and taking a look at what I "treasured" this morning ...