Rugs and Pugs: Vintage Santa

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Merry Christmas Eve Eve ~

This has been my most stress free Christmas season that I can ever remember. It has been nice to kick back and relax, have a few friends over and even find a little time to hook 😉

I will bore you with more pictures of the house 😁

Figural light bulb tree.

Dining room cupboard.

Some of my vintage items.

Vintage celluloid Santas.

A little more vintage.

And still more vintage Santas. The only repro is the skiing Santa on the middle shelf.

My old feather tree. Mostly new but some vintage ornaments.

This cupboard used to reside in the kitchen but now on a wall in the living room. I am so happy I purchased the charcoal drawing of the pug this summer.

Sweet little vintage ornaments.

My "Chris" tree. Everything but the tree is from my friend . . . you guessed it . . . Chris. The Santas below, too. Some friends really understand me.

Part of my patriotic display.

Blow mold Santa from hooker friend Sue. She "gets" me . . .

. . . and so does friend Belinda. This guy looks like he has his hands raised for the O in Ohio.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Monday, December 18, 2023

Yesterday I headed to the Medina Flea Market of Collectibles, about an hour from home. I really was hoping I wouldn't find anything, but of course that was not the case. I found a couple Cleveland Browns items for my Las Vegas son, a diehard Browns fan. Since his Christmas box was already mailed, they will be birthday presents.

This is the really fun stuff I found.

The Santa on the left will be gifted to my s-i-l as an early Christmas present. It's hard to tell, but those two white blobs are figural light bulbs, one a Santa face and one a snowman. The entire haul was only $34. Oh, how I love a bargain!!!

This vintage Santa has two markings. C 1960 N.D.I. and also HIIC Japan. He has some serious rust issues that can't be seen from the front. At one time he was battery operated. I think he would have rung the bell. My steal at only $10. (At least I think so!!!) He's probably 12" tall and looks perfect next to my metal candle candy (?) container.