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Yeah, I'm aware it's not Christmas ('though it will be before
you know it), but I've been meaning to do this post for a while.
Not that it contains any earth-shaking content (when do they
ever?), but I feel like wallowing in nostalgia for a bit.
The Santa in the above photo is from a set of four I bought
in WOOLWORTH'S back around the mid-'80s. Every year
since then they've been trotted out to add to the festive cheer in
the livingroom, adorning the wall-clock above the fireplace for
many a Christmas now - 'though I originally hung them from
the old tree (which pre-dates my arrival on the planet).
the old tree (which pre-dates my arrival on the planet).
It's a classic Santa Claus design, very similar to the one
associated with COCA COLA. And 'though I didn't acquire
the figures until the mid-'80s, I can easily imagine them as part
of the Christmases of my boyhood back in the '60s, accentu-
ating the yuletide mood of houses that they never once saw
the insides of. Strange that, eh?
Anyway, I assumed when I bought them that they were
a relatively new product at the time ('cos I'd never seen them
before), but perhaps they're an old item that appeared every
Christmas for decades. Does anyone else have them, and if
so, can you recall roughly what year you first got them?
Let me know in the comments section, will you?
(And remember - it's only eight months to Christmas.)
of the Christmases of my boyhood back in the '60s, accentu-
ating the yuletide mood of houses that they never once saw
the insides of. Strange that, eh?
Anyway, I assumed when I bought them that they were
a relatively new product at the time ('cos I'd never seen them
before), but perhaps they're an old item that appeared every
Christmas for decades. Does anyone else have them, and if
so, can you recall roughly what year you first got them?
Let me know in the comments section, will you?
(And remember - it's only eight months to Christmas.)
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