Christmas Past

I have a new old love.  More and more vintage Santas, flocked deer and plastic lighted Santas and Snowmen are creeping into my home  I Iove them all but this year a new category has appeared.   I purchased a group of plastic houses and churches decorated in Christmas splendor.  They bring me back to when I was very small and I am sure I saw them in homes that I visited but I don’t remember them at my house.  I think what I like most are the memories they bring back of my childhood at Christmastime. 

                                                       
One favorite memory is of my brother and myself waiting for the Sears Catalog.  Finally it would arrive and we would plop on the living room floor with our sharpened pencils and quickly get to the toy section and start circling our favorite things for Santa to hopefully put under the tree.  It always amazed me that he got the list just right!  The other great thing about that ritual is that my brother and I shared the catalog and some quality time together.  I have decided to part with a few of my special treasures and you will find several Christmas houses and churches at http://www.etsy.com/shop/motherhenantiques. 


Enjoy this nice warm day, winter will be back at the end of the week.