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Pop_abides
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I accept the challenge of Christmas past in the Spirit, these are just four of my many photos taken over the years, the snow was at my parents house in Ohio many years ago...
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
“When I got this sword, it was completely covered in blood rust.” Sword maker Francis Boyd is showing me yet another weapon pulled from yet another …
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'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Have you heard? There’s a new swell in town named Gatsby, and he’s bringing flapper flair back into fashion. Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic spectacle—his take on “Th…
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Long before Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz swaggered into the spotlight with "American Pickers," writer Maureen Stanton …
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Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
The memes are endless—Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat, Maru, and all the Lolcats. Last year even witnessed the first ever Internet Cat Video Fe…
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ChristmasCollectible Christmas items range from antique hand-crafted folk pieces lik…
PhotographsFrom Mathew Brady's Civil War photos to Ansel Adams' landscapes to Irving P…
Love these Pop !!!! Wow you got a big tower and it seems you are looking at another gift you really want to get to . Precious ! And one year they decorated you :-) Thanks for sharing Love all of them !
Is that cute little blondie in front of the tree you, pop_abides? May I ask what year that photo was taken? Love your photos....and thanks for accepting my Christmas Past dare. :-)
Thanks for the Loves, marcobabe13, Manikin, and officialfuel. The Boy in the pics is my oldest son (Now 43) I'm the one carrying the stuff going to the house in the snow and my grandkids think I was there for the building of the cresh ! LOL
Oh yes, that is a G.I. Joe tower.....
Great pics, I am glad to see someone else took up the dare.
The manger scene was my Mothers and got set up every year while she was alive..
The Baby Jesus was separate and never went in until Christmas Morning, it was tradition !
Thanks scandinavain_pieces, lisa, and packrat-place..
@macrobabe13, I forgot.....................these were all taken in the early 70's, the boy in them was born in 1968.......and it wasn't me !
Thanks, Pop. I understood that the photo was your son and did my math and figured the photo was taken in the early 70s. I like your tradition of not putting in the Baby Jesus until Christmas morning. Children need to know the true meaning of Christmas. The other day on TV I saw a man interviewing children at a toy store asking the question, "What is the true meaning of Christmas?" After several cute but incorrect answers, a little girl finally said, "To celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus," and I thought-----good for her!!!
Thanks for reviving memories of my past by posting these memories of yours. Hope you and yours have a safe and joyful holiday season.
Thanks kerry and good wishes your way also...........