A Very Vintage Christmas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a sneak peek at my Christmas decor which is loaded with vintage family items and mid-century American-made treasures. Christmas was so much fun to put together.  So -- let's take a trip back in time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My grandfather sent this doll from Paris to my mom during WWII.  The 1965 Ford Falcon was my dad's. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkQS6gaTyxb71nnvwsziwnxsSz4oU_BmYNOOoMgjQfzCM7OIGnI91gGJsoBi62qDB9L3rbWL5A9YehFP6BIKlN_y6qu-5vS9_KZuELJ3_kARPHF_r5Cdqjx15naKOT01EUZiQhVUuiEM/s1600/2012christmas4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkQS6gaTyxb71nnvwsziwnxsSz4oU_BmYNOOoMgjQfzCM7OIGnI91gGJsoBi62qDB9L3rbWL5A9YehFP6BIKlN_y6qu-5vS9_KZuELJ3_kARPHF_r5Cdqjx15naKOT01EUZiQhVUuiEM/s640/2012christmas4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This collection of American-made decor from the 1950s-60s is all on my tree now...except for the lights! I had to draw the line at vintage lights, even though these have not been used, I would not want to leave them on very long. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkQS6gaTyxb71nnvwsziwnxsSz4oU_BmYNOOoMgjQfzCM7OIGnI91gGJsoBi62qDB9L3rbWL5A9YehFP6BIKlN_y6qu-5vS9_KZuELJ3_kARPHF_r5Cdqjx15naKOT01EUZiQhVUuiEM/s1600/2012christmas4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismbcFl92gmb99cC7g2YFYV3Qp-476qO4dDZpOD3r_zB6VC0-S9bJIZXsuDpNA8JUTDtYNO2woe95cDgqan-P5ctQO-MTGgLrP47M8Ed26pnsRm2oBKixaa2rp4gu0TciE4AP-AEKIpHs/s1600/2012Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismbcFl92gmb99cC7g2YFYV3Qp-476qO4dDZpOD3r_zB6VC0-S9bJIZXsuDpNA8JUTDtYNO2woe95cDgqan-P5ctQO-MTGgLrP47M8Ed26pnsRm2oBKixaa2rp4gu0TciE4AP-AEKIpHs/s640/2012Christmas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "box" is dressing the dining table all ready for family dinners. I filled it with a variety of pines, pine cones and Shiny Brite ornaments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismbcFl92gmb99cC7g2YFYV3Qp-476qO4dDZpOD3r_zB6VC0-S9bJIZXsuDpNA8JUTDtYNO2woe95cDgqan-P5ctQO-MTGgLrP47M8Ed26pnsRm2oBKixaa2rp4gu0TciE4AP-AEKIpHs/s1600/2012Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3XffKI4UoCs_X-CL6xux3iSOi0WJwlO7oqWypdQAP70bxe-AZhMGNlRTVlm321lpoiVAj7cKZjGp9C63qw0qRCUPV5oPjA8vsavrAk9T6113E7zug_IZODu3WISKoFcFfsq52Kts54I/s1600/2012christmas1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3XffKI4UoCs_X-CL6xux3iSOi0WJwlO7oqWypdQAP70bxe-AZhMGNlRTVlm321lpoiVAj7cKZjGp9C63qw0qRCUPV5oPjA8vsavrAk9T6113E7zug_IZODu3WISKoFcFfsq52Kts54I/s640/2012christmas1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJc0XrnqrSLPOxZJvyHZXAP3ctpE_c17wSArRlHON89IFraBJcRlbHIwJfd1Ri04ZLC_JxpU70gbNH9tz4pJftBAahs1YRNHb0FbUKvhtw9ZTpFw5Nv0IYlgP93S6XD5xrP7294M1nKg/s1600/2012christmas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJc0XrnqrSLPOxZJvyHZXAP3ctpE_c17wSArRlHON89IFraBJcRlbHIwJfd1Ri04ZLC_JxpU70gbNH9tz4pJftBAahs1YRNHb0FbUKvhtw9ZTpFw5Nv0IYlgP93S6XD5xrP7294M1nKg/s640/2012christmas2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My grandfather's bell rests next to a yule log we made from birch. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6ZlPdFapzsPwbX03E5dq9YBRLqlw0wIyRUN0tyNGvzjGOGJbjDpYqGv7dOgnQ-K-Lma6uBwojb9KModrOA_9b0xCwdsk74Nd6VtgfY-JmCgFH31qf0orqMhxDIv-RFivC0xAIfIjc2w/s1600/2012Christmas3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6ZlPdFapzsPwbX03E5dq9YBRLqlw0wIyRUN0tyNGvzjGOGJbjDpYqGv7dOgnQ-K-Lma6uBwojb9KModrOA_9b0xCwdsk74Nd6VtgfY-JmCgFH31qf0orqMhxDIv-RFivC0xAIfIjc2w/s640/2012Christmas3.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">             Bubble lights with Shiny Brite indents and vintage tinsel.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWfljfK5FVQak6CHFfvVgm3Lza5bDnTG5xIhAFNtY9B1Qq06xLO9f6K0CvgN0S-DA4PdMpXzYzep9KxH6Z4QTiQcczsjouIscllQisgfcMKYxy0eodb5V_xCOgz63kUQQISPy29QmDp4/s1600/2012christmas10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWfljfK5FVQak6CHFfvVgm3Lza5bDnTG5xIhAFNtY9B1Qq06xLO9f6K0CvgN0S-DA4PdMpXzYzep9KxH6Z4QTiQcczsjouIscllQisgfcMKYxy0eodb5V_xCOgz63kUQQISPy29QmDp4/s640/2012christmas10.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is part of a Hansel and Gretel set I brought from Germany for my mom several years ago.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UosUJoVrtXpf4-ZGpRGknB8chcnUVL3AgUTK4Hhmmv03dLmbJa04l3CePTCwzX4UAM9nnTirIvIpFSIjlQN6WjDI-zHcAKC3JoNjZVufNuzUgGxIL-xk8ppvQaOu0lw65W4cYNSluyI/s1600/2012christmas11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UosUJoVrtXpf4-ZGpRGknB8chcnUVL3AgUTK4Hhmmv03dLmbJa04l3CePTCwzX4UAM9nnTirIvIpFSIjlQN6WjDI-zHcAKC3JoNjZVufNuzUgGxIL-xk8ppvQaOu0lw65W4cYNSluyI/s640/2012christmas11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We had these Jewel Brite angels when I was a child...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxOb9Uhk_kl61KAJIoyOxKwF0WTvVKBZzs2uGWmv8cld3i8T6KF_t-7V3hwqFBcrm7P9hvafIUWzU0dRNPp9MXmd15ioAMBYjz_RzciwL9H2NarITt3AXASLMBWI3dAQzcUDFXI7mnd4/s1600/2012christmas9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxOb9Uhk_kl61KAJIoyOxKwF0WTvVKBZzs2uGWmv8cld3i8T6KF_t-7V3hwqFBcrm7P9hvafIUWzU0dRNPp9MXmd15ioAMBYjz_RzciwL9H2NarITt3AXASLMBWI3dAQzcUDFXI7mnd4/s640/2012christmas9.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's a vintage tree without icicles?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoJd4NG0RBQs_EFhtKnRA1xkPCGWRH827Dt-zj5gEDzREp-rxVfEM7TsfdWsF0PM344y_EJYGoi5g94DvOT_lER8LJ3I8mpaHyCpwKXt8RjYIK9SHQcVGdcLuW8aMMt8Ri9k4B8KFLJ4/s1600/2012christmas13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoJd4NG0RBQs_EFhtKnRA1xkPCGWRH827Dt-zj5gEDzREp-rxVfEM7TsfdWsF0PM344y_EJYGoi5g94DvOT_lER8LJ3I8mpaHyCpwKXt8RjYIK9SHQcVGdcLuW8aMMt8Ri9k4B8KFLJ4/s640/2012christmas13.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vintage Coke carrier from the store...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbf4EeIxLWuWhLjXCNYxiDrDxADIURD7h6_yTzqScoDYHEfNRvnnc36NNhfVr3QzDEv0TwKpnvfLoY3bZKoJ3rdyaFGlJpGcJ8h2dw_pPtvwPztAkziuawS3mjrZMdbHSAxVdTJqUqzQ/s1600/2012christmas5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbf4EeIxLWuWhLjXCNYxiDrDxADIURD7h6_yTzqScoDYHEfNRvnnc36NNhfVr3QzDEv0TwKpnvfLoY3bZKoJ3rdyaFGlJpGcJ8h2dw_pPtvwPztAkziuawS3mjrZMdbHSAxVdTJqUqzQ/s640/2012christmas5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />My grandmother is holding my mom in the photo as my grandfather was away in Germany. This is her hymnal:-)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNhUPsgYYiPUyxqLwvTtyYjGzcgg00u7q5C3AoFiIKeTxpliTsHxDLkIa5gYZMR2reLXqcw-yoLinKxpIC6HtnXUqHpNQgEJgb18IQdLPzjASuYE1ZKnsk9js6B9jbRtpSQiJzegh2hA/s1600/2012christmas7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNhUPsgYYiPUyxqLwvTtyYjGzcgg00u7q5C3AoFiIKeTxpliTsHxDLkIa5gYZMR2reLXqcw-yoLinKxpIC6HtnXUqHpNQgEJgb18IQdLPzjASuYE1ZKnsk9js6B9jbRtpSQiJzegh2hA/s640/2012christmas7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Vintage vinegar bottles from the store hold white pines with crocheted snowflakes and Shiny Brite ornaments.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqcrvSFhTno0MODa-ko0XNSUQ76ECEq5YcuktkDkeyRy96JfATGhQ3u2PUk0FIwLRTT_Y9pGOd1jx9-NoVwWDWpM10ZTO7IMpSiwthN2iAzW7eidBIJkl2d8tLKf_rYyhmzAjw2pz6RM/s1600/2012christmas8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqcrvSFhTno0MODa-ko0XNSUQ76ECEq5YcuktkDkeyRy96JfATGhQ3u2PUk0FIwLRTT_Y9pGOd1jx9-NoVwWDWpM10ZTO7IMpSiwthN2iAzW7eidBIJkl2d8tLKf_rYyhmzAjw2pz6RM/s640/2012christmas8.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are just a few vignettes that I will share more in detail as we go through the season.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks so much for stopping by:-) If you have questions or just want to chat, please come by Far Above Rubies on facebook, and don't forget to check out my etsy shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KnightsStore">Knight's Store</a> for unique handmade linens, etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Zapfino;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anita</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be joining:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Wow us Wednesdays</a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />

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