In my last installment I mentioned our “Blue Santa” collection. From its humble beginning, a single Blue Santa carved and painted from a cypress knee, it now fills four cabinets (oh...and this doesn’t count the ones on the Christmas tree) and numbers in excess of ninety!
From small, less than two inches tall, to floor models that tower nearly four feet tall. Each has a story, as do most collections, and are from almost every country I traveled during my flying career.
They are made of everything from glass, porcelain, metal, wood and elaborate cloth versions. The themes are also various, serious to comedic, cops, pilots, doctors...all are represented.
Eventually friends started finding and giving us Santa’s...that is when we lost control and the numbers soared. “Thank you, thank you...but please stop!”
We still are on the lookout for that “truly unique” one and suspect that more will come...100! is getting closer each season...so time will tell.
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