I really can't remember when Dave and I started our Santa Claus collection. I know we bought a special one each Christmas while we lived in Freeport, Illinois so that was in the early 1980’s. We probably had a few before that but certainly since Freeport our collection has grown. It's the way we “Christmatize” our home. Our houses, the sailboat boat (a few!), apartments and the condo. Each space gave us new places to organize and display our red guys.
As we decorated this new apartment at Eastcastle it was fun to mix them up, putting new groups together, moving them around. They always add a bright touch to every December, and they always seem to fit. No fireplace mantle anymore means a few more end up on the dining room table or the living room cabinet.
All I know is that this collection makes me smile and seems to make us both brighten up as days get a bit colder and the sun sets earlier.
Good ol' Santa Claus.....our collection….familiar faces in new places. Christmas 2021!
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