I've collected antique and odd Christmas items for well over 30 years now. So I take advantage of the only time of year this stuff looks right. House ends up looking like an over stocked resale shop.
The village started out three years ago with 14 buildings I got for $2.50 each. Today it's 41 buildings and 128 trees. Average is still around $2.50 a building. Picked up three of them yesterday for a grand total of $3.65. As with most of the stuff i own I get it on the cheap.
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The takedown begins. Two weeks of wrapping and boxing. I have packing lists on the outside of every box. That way i know exactly what is where. Going to have to work around all the rain we've been getting. Record setting rain. May see up to 10 inches total in three days. Right now two of those ten inches have found their way into my basement. Great time for my de humidifier to go on the blink.
wowzers , that's alot . very nice !~~~
And finally the outdoor Nativity! I use 8 watt bulbs in the larger blow molds. Keeps the light even between them all. And it really saves on power usage.
View from the kitchen side.
The two bookcases.
This house was built in the lat 50's early 60's. City hall doesn't have records of these old neighborhoods. It's about 1200 square feet. Easy to see it's mostly living room. Almost 16 x22 feet of living room! Just enough room left over for a kitchen, two bedrooms and a full bath.
So here it is Christmas Eve. Hoping everyone on the Nation, both you and yours, the merriest of Christmases!
View from the front door into the living room.
Main tree
A view to the outside.
And there's more!
this is my home made fake feather tree. Covered with real antiques. The horns are candle holders from the mid 1870's.
Next is my 1920's Large Italian Nativity. The four foot wide
case it's sitting on came from a store build in the 1800's. They used to store paper in the drawers to sell it one sheet at a time. The camels, two white sheep and Angel directly behind Jesus are not original to the set.
this is a view of the two book cases. Everything from real antiques to just cool stuff.
More of the Santa collection.
Still more of the Santa collection.
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