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Christmas Mix of Past and Present - Page 2

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hearts and red velvet soldiers, golden pears and apples and golden violins, trumpets and harps with red ribbons. Clear glass orbs and icicles reflect the lights. Papier-maché balls that look like they've been wrapped in vintage wrapping paper mix with red rocking horses and gilded lacy hearts. The tree glows, but doesn't look "flashy".

My Nutcrackers now fill three shelves of the oak cabinet that used to stand in my mother's kitchen. Her collection of Santas mix with mine, each on a different tabletop. Fresh red poinsettias in gold foil pots fill a metal garden plantstand by the window. Velvet stockings in jewel colors hang from the fireplace mantle, where an oil painting of strawberries, that was in my mother's home, sits in a gilt frame.

Now the only problem is, I have enough left over to decorate at least 3 more trees, and at least one more house. Next year, I can try something entirely different!

I thought some of you might be interested in articles I've written in previous years for the Christmas season. Enjoy!

Last Minute Holiday Gifts for the Collector (Dec. 8,1998)

Louis Prang, Father of the American Christmas Card (Nov. 16, 1999)

Collectible Christmas Plates (Nov. 30,1999)

Old-Fashioned Christmas Collectibles (Dec. 17,1999)

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