OLD WORLD SANTAS

I found these last month at The Daisy thrift shop on the Christmas table. They called to me ..... with a $10 price tag on the box ........ and I walked away. I looked at the shoes and blouses; and when I saw a volunteer bring out another box of Xmas trinkets, I went back to the table. They called to me again .............. but I was strong, and I walked away. At the end of my visit, when my total was being tallied, they called to me again! Persistent little beggers, aren't they!


"Can you give me a better price on these?" I asked sweetly with my best festive smile.


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"How about $8?" she responded.


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"Hmmmmm? No. Thank you anyway" I said to her. "Still a little too much for me!" (But I was now wearing my secret lethal-weapon face! The one that embarassed my children until they left home! Yes, it was the poor, little, single, low income mother duck-lipped, head-tilted frownie/poutie face.) Would it still work like it used to when I had 3 wee babies in tow?


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"Well, you can have it for $6!"
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SCORE AND SOLD!

You know what they say; and by golly, I've still got it!

(Sometimes I just can't remember where or what IT is!!)
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They are reproductions, made in the US in or around 1989; and they originally sold for $24.

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Ain't they cute!! (Sorry - bad picture!)

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Here are some of them on the tree; all but 1 of the 6 have the little rubber stopper which holds them on the mini light.

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And here are a few of their little faces all lit up.

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Eww! Wait! There's something about the thought of Santa being "lit" that doesn't sound right, does it! I know it happens in department stores across North America all the time. But it's wrong, people; just wrong! ..... Except in this case below.

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I realize that some of these Santas have faces that only Mrs Claus or a Mama could love!

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But this Mama loves them!