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Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween — here is anything and everything with a holiday theme.
This or some version of it, is one of my favorite holiday season day trips. Start early in the morning because this promises to be a busy day! You won’t be able to do everything on this list in one single day trip. Take your time and enjoy each stop. You can always do what… Continue reading A Holiday/Thrifting Daytrip: from Northeast Ohio to W. Pennsylvania
From my private collection. Christmas shops tend to be seasonal so check opening days/hours before you go. Geneva/Ashtabula, Ohio Catherine’s Christmas (seasonal) 910 E Main St, Geneva, OH 44041. Now open for the 2023 season! A beautiful Christmas shop inside an old house. Worth the drive even if you don’t live in the area. When… Continue reading Ohio Day Trips: Christmas Shops and Events
Each year, I see dozens of requests for holiday help on social media. Particularly from those people who have kids. While there are many good-hearted folks willing to help, it’s often impossible to sort out the needy from the scammers. The closer it is to Christmas, the more overwhelming that task becomes. Even the kindest… Continue reading Hard times holiday: Making a merry Christmas when you have nothing to give.
I guess it was only natural that my collecting of Christmas tree ornaments would expand into collecting other kinds of Christmas items. That, at least, is what other collectors have told me. A love of Christmas doesn't stop at the tree and I have gone on to collect other kinds of Christmas decor. Nothing I… Continue reading Collecting Vintage Christmas
When I was 10 years old, my mom put my 4 year-old sister and me into the car and drove us to the machine shop where my Dad worked. It was lunchtime on Christmas Eve. The employees, about a half dozen in all, had stopped work for the day and were gathered around the lunchroom… Continue reading Collecting Christmas
Maybe it's the drama and tiresome happenings in the daily news that is causing everyone to need an escape. Looking around my small town yesterday, it seems that everyone is getting geared up for the holidays extra early this year. I even saw a couple of homes with outdoor holiday lights brightly blazing. While my… Continue reading A Williamsburg Style Holiday Wreath
When I was about 3 years old, my dad very gently hammered two tiny nails into the wood paneled wall of our dining room. He tied a length of string between those nails and Voila! We had a holder for the first of our Christmas cards that had arrived that afternoon. It was fun to… Continue reading Merry Christmas in the Mailbox
The 2018 craft fair dates are Saturday, November 10 and 17. Each year as the wind turns bitter cold and the once green, and then golden, and now brown and falling leaves pile up beneath the big oaks and maples in my back yard, my sister and I kick off the Christmas shopping season with a day… Continue reading Daytripping to Geneva, OH for Christmas and Crafts 2018
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