Category Archives: Holidays
A Happy Day to All!
Given to my Great-aunt Adore, by my cousin Nancy Harbin, 1955. I was not even born yet!
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Vintage Miscellany – December 18, 2011
Longtime readers of The Vintage Traveler are probably thinking, “What? That card, again?” Yes, I’m aware that I show this, my favorite Christmas card of all time, year after year, but this time I actually have a reason for sharing … Continue reading
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Vintage Christmas Tree Pins
I took the above photo last week at the market I attended, and was planning to use it as yet another example of how it’s often best to just leave stuff alone. I know next to nothing about vintage costume … Continue reading
Tonight is the Night When Dead Leaves Fly…
Like witches on switches across the sky… Collectors used to say that you could collect an item cheaply until some fool writes a book about it. That’s what happened to me with Halloween and Christmas collectibles. Back in the Golden … Continue reading
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Early Christmas
Is there any feeling like going to the mailbox and finding a package with your name on it? And then you look at the return address and realize the package is not something you ordered, it is from a friend. … Continue reading
The Significance of the Object
I bought this box of ribbon candy for my husband after he spotted it in a catalog and recalled how his grandparents always had a box at Christmas. Ribbon candy seems to have made a bit of a comeback … Continue reading
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