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Something very old

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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    My wife was sorting some things out and asked me what she should do with this. Of course it is a keeper. The story is that her mother bought this box of ornaments when my wife was a little girl. So, these things are very old indeed.

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    I tried to get a picture of the price tag, which is readable. Sadly I can't get it to turn out in a picture but the price on this whole box was $.49. I wonder what it would cost today? 101_0118.JPG
     
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    Probably still cost $0.49...the difference is they'd be super cheap junk made in China - the ones you posted look like a quality made product!

    Very cool, thanks for sharing.
     
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    If I dug through mom's basement I feel certain I could find a few boxes of those.
    Great memories!!:salute:
     
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    I have one from my grandmother (similar era to your wife's mother) like the two smaller bells in the middle. I cherish it too:)
     
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    may be not worth a lot, but memories of her mum.
     
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    Uh oh, Dennis. Don't let Judy read this. :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Those two little bells look awful familiar as does the box.
    After a couple of crazy cats we were down to mostly foam , foam covered ones and wood or pipe cleaner type ones. Anything that could survive a drop and being killed or whatever cats think they're doing with them.
     
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    We just don't bother with a tree. Much easier. :D
     
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    Mr. Grinch you really are a heel, you're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr Grinch. You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel....
     
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    Glass ornaments like those are definite keepers.

    Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
     
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    Hold on just a gosh darned minute there. o_O We celebrate with the Gkids, but a tree in this house just doesn't work.
    I like that movie.:thumbs:
     
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    Don't see why not Dave. She knows.
     
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    She has a few other old ones that she is afraid to handle any more. Nice to look at though.
     
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    That's cool.
    I remember a box just like that when I was a kid.
    Never saw it again after I left home.
     
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    Some of my ornaments are the glass originals when we were first married and our tree topper was bought by my parents for their first married Christmas as well as the Nativity scene we have. It is nice to have the memories associated with them.
     
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    Sadly, lots of holiday ornaments have become so disposable.
     
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    When the kids left home the tree decorating also left home. did give in and buy a small fake tree with fiber optics we would set up for a couple years then decided it wasn't worth the effort.

    The kids would come home to see Kares folks at Christmas so it was held there. Her folks always had a nice tree, bet the gold rope is close to 50 years old. back in 2004 when the picture was taken.

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    :D Al
     
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    Al, we had a rope just like that and finally had to get rid of it as it was all falling apart.
     
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