YESTERDAY'S MEMORIES of a Bygone Time

Monday, December 17, 2007

SANTA .... He's EVERYWHERE!!

We have always had a lot of fun finding unusual items at Estate Sales on our Friday Date Day, but this little Santa decoration caught my eye, and the more we looked at it, the more unusual it appeared. If you click on the picture, you will see that all of the dolls in Santa's stockings have sad faces! Doesn't that seem strange to you?

So, it's not surprising that it was a Santa collector who bought him from us on eBay. I struck up a conversation with Brian, and asked him if I could share some of the pictures of his collection that he sent to me. He plans to write a book about Santa collecting, and it looks like he has plenty to write about!

Santa Collection

Labels: childhood memories, Christmas, Christmas decorations, collectibles, Date Day, Estate Sales, nostalgia, Santa, vintage

posted by Dirty Butter 6:33 AM

Comments:

How cute ... I love all the little Santas!

BFF,
Miss T

# posted by

Miss Trashahassee : December 17, 2007 7:48 PM

They are cute, aren't they, Miss T. No one would accuse them of not enjoying the Christmas holidays!

# posted by

Dirty Butter : December 18, 2007 4:38 AM

Wow! I don't think I've ever seen so many Santas all grouped together in one house.

# posted by

Marion : December 18, 2007 10:01 AM

And that's only a FEW of the pictures he sent me, Marion!!! Wouldn't you just love to go spend a couple of hours looking?

# posted by

Dirty Butter : December 18, 2007 4:25 PM

I thought I had a problem with clutter. LOL

Have a blessed Christmas and a better New Year.

# posted by

CyberCelt : December 20, 2007 6:39 PM

That's not clutter! You want to see clutter, you ought to see my house. No, on second thought, I'm glad you can't see my house. LOL

Merry Christmas, CyberCelt!!

# posted by

Dirty Butter : December 20, 2007 6:53 PM

Santa is all over - the last pictures reminds me of the movie: The Birds - but this is so different and lovely - Yeah: Let Santa's come in flocks.

Great post

# posted by

TorAa : December 21, 2007 11:21 AM

Wow, I haven't seen anything quite like this. Does he actually live in the space too?

# posted by

Sheila : December 21, 2007 1:26 PM

A flock of Santa's - interesting imagery, Toraa.

# posted by

Dirty Butter : December 21, 2007 5:43 PM

As far as I know, Shelia, these are photos of his house. He told me his son hopes his dad sells the collection before he passes away, so he won't have to get rid of all of them. LOL

# posted by

Dirty Butter : December 21, 2007 5:44 PM

What a wonderful collection of Santas Rosemary! They're all so cute too!

# posted by

Naomi : December 24, 2007 4:01 AM

I didn't dare put all the photos in the post, for fear it would never finish loading. But this really is just a small part of his collection! Hard to imagine, isn't it, Naomi? And yes, they are all as cute as they can be. Some of the other photos showed some really elegant ones, dressed in white velvet, instead of red suits.

# posted by

Dirty Butter : December 24, 2007 5:37 AM

Oh my!

# posted by

Norma : January 06, 2008 1:37 PM

ROTFL!!!!

# posted by

Dirty Butter : January 06, 2008 1:43 PM

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