Category Archives: Christmas

Thrift Item of the Moment: Christmas Balls

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christmasballs

I’ve been snapping these up at thrift stores and rummage sales all fall. I got this entire box for 2 bucks. I like to get them in their original boxes with price tags from Woodward’s or Zeller’s or other defunct stores.These were made in Poland, but most of the ones I own come from East Germany (obviously they’re from another era). My objective is to have as little (fake) tree showing as possible.

Wrapping Up Christmas

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Shortly after Christmas, Marlena took us to see this elaborately decorated Christmas house in the Queen Alexandra neighbourhood. It was such an impressive sight I took my niece to see it twice (actually, the second time was because I inadvertently deleted the video we  made the first time).

Here are some stills:

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I also took my niece to see the house on 95th Street I blogged about a few weeks ago, and Maisie’s Magical Christmas House which I blogged about a few years ago. Here are some shots from this year:

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Nothing beats Maisie’s for sheer excess, however we both liked the house in Allendale best – for homemade ingenuity and cheeky humour.