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Santa’s image is associated with a broad range of Christmas antiques and vintage decorations, from dolls and figurines to snowglobes, chocolate molds, dinnerware, Christmas tree ornaments, assorted paper and even Coca-Cola Christmas items (the company featured Santa prominently in its ads in the 1930s and beyond). Companies like Waterford and Woolco mass-produced Santa figurines for decades. And many other vintage Santa decorations are unique works of folk art, having been hand-crafted from paper mache and other materials.

The following piece tells the story of how Santa Claus came to be, from his debut in 1844 to his evolution from… [more]

About 42 years ago, my wife, Darla, went to a very large white elephant sale and found a box of antique Chris… [more]

I grew up in a home without any antiques. As a small kid, I started decorating my parents’ home for Christm… [more]

The following is a history of these wondrous little artifacts called cardboard Christmas village houses -… [more]

Ever wonder about that box of vintage Christmas decorations in the attic? From wooden nutcrackers to glass Ch… [more]
Theodore H. Althof, Jr's beautiful collection of vintage dimestore cardboard Christmas 'putz' village houses. Start… [read review or visit site]
George Nelson's incredibly detailed chronicle of vintage Christmas tree lighting. Browsable by decade and special t… [read review or visit site]
This simple site showcases over 500 artistic Gablonz glass bead antique and vintage Christmas tree ornaments, made … [read review or visit site]
This site showcases over 1000 old Soviet Christmas and New Years cards from 1950 to 1990. Browse through page after… [read review or visit site]
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