Happy Holidays

In the early 1980's we lived in France. I collected a product made in Provence called "Santon". Most of the ones I collected were about 12" in height but for the Christmas scene I decided to do very small ones. These are about 2" tall. There is a large number of pieces to the set. This is only a few.

I had lots of memories to post so if you're interested go to old post to see them all.

I hope that you have a wonderful holiday and I will be back posting after New Years.

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Years ago cereal company's enclosed great toy and crafts in their cereal boxes. In the late 1970's they enclosed a sheet of something called "Shrinky Dink". I saved all the sheets and each of the children had one to trace and color a picture from a Christmas coloring book. This one was done by my daughter, Lisa. Several years ago I gave the kids ornaments that I had purchased during the years or that they had made but I couldn't give this one away. It is my favorite.

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A snowman made by our granddaughter, Hannah about five years ago.

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There are lots of people in our family who think my husband, Kermit and I are two peas in a pod.

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Here at Lake Keowee there is a peninsula of land near our home that has a huge amount of mica lying around the shore. The grand kids always like to go there to collect treasures. Last Christmas after the collection was brought to our house they made Christmas wreaths for our tree.

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Our daughter, Lisa made these Santa ornaments from star fish.

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In the late 70's we lived in Meadville, PA. We were host to a student from Switzerland, her name was Monica. The Christmas after her year with us she sent everyone in the family a glass ornament that she had etched with a decoration and our name. Obviously this one is mine.

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One of my favorite ornaments made by a friend of mine who passed away from breast cancer many years ago. The cotton is ratty and yellow but I love it anyway.

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One of the few ornaments I have from my childhood. This was made during World War II when the military used all the metal and there was none available to coat the inside of ornaments.

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My husband's name is Kermit so we get lots of frog ornaments.