Christmas decorations

My aunt (by marriage) has a snowperson collection and gets it out every year and places her figurines on all her shelves, although it is getting more difficult for her. I offered to help her, but she hasn't called on me for any. She told me a few years ago that knowing she collected snowman figurines, someone gave her a snowman-themed Nativity set. She didn't like it - thought it was sacrilegious.
 
Angels here and Deb if you decide to sell any I would be interested in them. You and I have had different opinions but I do love Christmas angels and like your assortment of decorations!
 

Variety is the spice of life so, althoughI don’t have many Christmas decorations, I try to make it look festive with a varied selection, including a Father Christmas, a small ceramic Christmas tree, Angel, snowmen candles and normal candles, plus the cards I receive

Deb, I would love to see your house and all the fascinating items you have tucked away ! :)
 
terry123 said:
Angels here and Deb if you decide to sell any I would be interested in them. You and I have had different opinions but I do love Christmas angels and like your assortment of decorations!
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I have two angels I'd consider selling, however, I do not ship fragile items. One is a white glass Fenton angel 7" tall (Fenton is highly collectible glassware) and the other is an ornate composite figurine 12" tall.

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I forgot to mention a gift my Mom would buy for me, my sister and brother every year after we each got married. It was a silver bell ornament to hang on the tree with the year engraved on it and our names. After she passed I carried on the tradition with my children when they got married.
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debodun said:
I have two angels I'd consider selling, however, I do not ship fragile items. One is a white glass Fenton angel 7" tall (Fenton is highly collectible glassware) and the other is an ornate composite figurine 12" tall.

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I am aware of Fenton collectibles as I have several of them. our UPS here is fantastic about shipping things. They go over board sometimes in being careful when shipping. However my sister's UPS in Louisiana are very lax and she has stopped using them. It depends on the folks who has the franchise I think.
 
I just put out a few things now for Christmas. A handmade nativity set, angels and my blue collectible santas. No large tree anymore. Too much physical work I cannot do now.
 
Although I have a lot of vintage decorations, I don't put them up anymore. It seems pointless when there's nobody here except me and Gus and I don't think it matters to a 19 year old cat. When my mom was alive, she went all-out with decorating. Of course, she got the ideas and I had to do the work including getting out on the front porch and winding fake pine roping all over the porch posts. I didn't like getting out on a rickety ladder on a windy 20° day. Even worse - taking them down on a windy -20° day in January. When I cleaned out my aunt's house after she passed, I found a nice artificial wreath that takes 20 seconds to hang on the front door. There - I've finished my decorating! And when it come time to take down on that cold January day, I just reach around the door and unhook it.

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debodun said:
Although I have a lot of vintage decorations, I don't put them up anymore. It seems pointless when there's nobody here except me and Gus and I don't think it matters to a 19 year old cat. When my mom was alive, she went all-out with decorating. Of course, she got the ideas and I had to do the work including getting out on the front porch and winding fake pine roping all over the porch posts. I didn't like getting out on a rickety ladder on a windy 20° day. Even worse - taking them down on a windy -20° day in January. When I cleaned out my aunt's house after she passed, I found a nice artificial wreath that takes 20 seconds to hang on the front door. There - I've finished my decorating! And when it come time to take down on that cold January day, I just reach around the door and unhook it.

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Sounds perfect to me, time to let the rest of it go.
 
debodun said:
I have two angels I'd consider selling, however, I do not ship fragile items. One is a white glass Fenton angel 7" tall (Fenton is highly collectible glassware) and the other is an ornate composite figurine 12" tall.

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Why do it think you say you would "consider selling" but then say you "don't ship fragile items"...lol.
Don't think you want to sell like ANYTHING, right?! Love 'ya, gal!
 
I'm guessing that you didn't have a Beat Black Friday yard sale since you didn't mention it again, but it's not too late to do it next weekend or the weekend after. You've got time to gather up all the decorations that you don't/won't use, and I bet you could make some money on them.

Do it. I double dog dare you!

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Liberty said:
Why do it think you say you would "consider selling" but then say you "don't ship fragile items"...lol.
Don't think you want to sell like ANYTHING, right?! Love 'ya, gal!
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I don’t understand this either.
If you are a seller who is serious about selling then you do whatever you need to do to sell your items.
If you aren’t willing to use credit cards, aren’t willing to ship, aren’t willing to sell elsewhere , then you should expect to be left with a lot of stuff.

Expecting only to sell to people coming to the door giving you the exact cash, taking their item and then leaving , is self defeating; ‘especially’ if the GOAL is to sell and make money.
 
The local community center is having a Christmas craft fair on Dec 7th. I saw the woman that is in charge of it at church today and asked her how much it was to set up. She said it was $35. You also have to bring your own tables. Not worth it to have to load my small car, drive ther, unpack, set up, repack, load the car again, drive home and unpack the car. Let alone that I probably would even make enough to cover the set-up fee.
 
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That would be a win/win situation, Deb. You'd have to pack it all up and take it there, but you wouldn't have to pack up what didn't sell and haul it back home again. They'd make some money on it, and you wouldn't have to spend any money for a booth, not to mention that you wouldn't have to spend your day there "hawking your wares," so to speak.
 

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