Christmas is a wonderful time of year and ornaments and decorations add to the overall spirit of the season.
Bringing out treasures collected over the years is a ritual repeated in many homes during the holidays. Sometimes a collection starts with one object, like an angel for the mantel or an ornament shaped like an antique car, and the collection just keeps growing. Sometimes it's a tradition begun long ago by someone else and carried on, like collecting hand-made nutcrackers from Austria.
Anything that evokes memories of Christmas past and is likely to be added for Christmas future is a collection.
Above all else, ornament collecting should be fun, so do it for fun before you do it for money.
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• Enhance your Christmas Ornament collection with the latest pieces from Polonaise and Kurt Adler. We have just added a new section of Hallmark Ornaments. Each is in the box and all are in mint condition.
• Got a collection for sale? Let me know. I am always interested.
Collecting Nutcrackers
Collecting nutcrackers is one of the great hobbies associated with Christmas.
Can Retailers Get Consumers into the Christmas Spirit?
The jack-o-lanterns are still on the stoop, but already we're seeing prices for holiday ornaments slashed in half at J.C. Penney and pricey toys at Wal-Mart marked down to $10 a pop. Home Depot skipped Halloween altogether, piling up Christmas trees by early October
Time to get ready for Christmas
Move over, Halloween. It's Christmas time.
If you're trying to ward off the fact that the holiday season has already started, too late.
How do you maintain sanity? Make a list. Even Santa Claus -- the ultimate guru of all things jolly about Christmas -- has a list.
Radko Supplier to Sell Direct
Christopher Radko is in a legal hassle with Rausch Industries, the company that makes his ornaments.
