Santa gets to be photographed before he is taken down stairs and put into a box. He is a special guy with his rich red embroidered robe and all his gold trimmings. The teddy bear is on his shoulder and all the fur and beard are so very white.
The detail on this figure is over the top as he has an acorn and ribbons at the base of his staff along with berries of different colors. We aren big on the Santa theme but this doll is one that just a traditon that we enjoy because of its great design.
Christmas things come with good memories and now sad connections. The brother and sister-in-law of my wife's are both passed now. They gifted this to my wife years ago when we were first married. Her brother passed on Thanksgiving day and the sister-in-law a year and a half before that. The music box is worn out now as one could twist its plastic base and it would turn to the tune. The angel is still beautiful and it the box says in was made it Taiwan, the Republic of China. K-Mart was the store in which it was purchased. She is boxed now and on her way to storage until next November.
We were down to -14 degrees F. during the night. We will warm up to -1 or 0 degrees F. I looked it up and it is -25.5 C. and -18.3 C. for my Canadian friends. Our new furnace has a humidifier that is doing a great job. The windows will clear after the shades have been drawn in a few hours.
I am sharing another illustration from the children's book again today. Sometimes one just has to smile at people's creativity. There will be not walking of dogs today in our neighborhood. All schools are closed and everyone is inside. I don't know how the mail people will deliver mail with theses temps. Sitting with an open door and sticky the arm out at each stop would be horrid.
Thanks for stopping by today.
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