the night before christmas

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it's halloween eve, let's make some noise! ~ with this vintage tin halloween horn ~ featuring a pumpkinhead, an owl, witch & black cat ~ made by the us metal toy mfg company ~ as are these twist type tin toys featuring another black cat & rather vicious jol ~...
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12/27/2018

the night before christmas

the night before christmas from whitman ~

from 1968 ~

with soft red felt accents ~

the classic xmas poem by clement c moore ~

it's pre rudolph ~

an extra jolly santa ~

i have to say, i'm a little disappointed we didn't get any snow for xmas this year :( ~

hopefully soon ~

more xmas leftovers to come ~

bren

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