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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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Vintage Guru Reveals Her Glamour Secrets
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intage can be intimidating. It's certainly not as simple as going to the mall, finding your size, and buying a mass-produced outfit. You have to dig through racks and racks of wildly diverse items, with mysterious sizing, looking for…
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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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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The Beautiful Chaos of Improvisational Quilts
What would jazz look like if it had a physical presence? According to Sherry Ann Byrd, a celebrated quilt maker who posts on Show & Tell, it might look something like the hand-made "M-provisational" q…
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Our Dad, the Water Witch of Wyoming
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of …
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This 1959 Goggomobil Is Insanely Cute and Gets 55 MPG. Why Can’t Detroit Do That?
The last time we spoke to Justin Pinchot, he took us on a guided tour of his collection of toy robots. Recently, J…
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California Cool: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Second Skin
When Bob Meistrell started surfing in Northern California during the early 1950s, 20 minutes was about all he could stand in the frigid coastal waters. Despite the constant rush of …
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The Unfiltered History of Rolling Papers, Plus Tommy Chong's Big Fat Jamaican Vacation
It’s kind of ironic that Tommy Chong, the smokiest half of Cheech and Chong, i…
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World's Smallest Museum Finds the Wonder in Everyday Objects
Tucked away in a lower Manhattan back alley, the freight-elevator-sized, generically named Museum is one of New York City's newest curiosities.…
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Fightin’ Femmes: Unmasking Female Superheroes with Author Mike Madrid
When I was growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, reading comics wasn't as popular as it had been in the ’40s or ’50s. But my older sister had comics, including a big collection of “Betty and Veronica.” Our parents encouraged us to read everything, so at 6 years old…
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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...........