The Vintage Christmas Haul

As promised, here are some photos of the wonderful vintage Christmas things I found yesterday.  There were quite a few different bags and boxes of 'stuff' and I haven't really plumbed the depths of quite all of it yet.  Plus, there were two boxes of vintage Christmas lights which I left behind (though I now wish I'd bought those as well, of course).  The lights were vintage enough to have bakelite plugs attached - and they weren't in working order (one of the helpers at the 'Coffee and Jumble' very bravely plugged them in for me) - but they were very pretty.  Perhaps they'll still be there next week - fingers crossed.

Anyhoo, one of my favourites is this clip-on glass bird with a sort of bottle-brush tail.

Teeny, tiny boxes of teeny, tiny glass baubles.

Not one but two 'concertina' paper Snowmen.

Four lot of paper chains - which I'm not sure have ever been used.

Two Chinese paper lanterns.

Lovely vintage boxes.

Some rather odd Sputnik-style large plastic bauble thingies.

A fairy who's in need of a bit of TLC.

A fleecy deer / (?) reindeer.

Two small fleecy birds.

And a whole bagful of vintage plastic cracker toys.

Over forty in all, and all stamped with that famous phrase from my childhood days - 'Made in Hong Kong.'

Comments

[Wendy]

These are all amazing - no wonder you were so thrilled to get them. I can remember the clip-on glass bird with brush tail, also the paper lanterns and concertina paper decorations. I am especially jealous of the 2 red London Buses in the cracker toy collection!

[Claire]

What a fab haul - I am always on the look out for the cracker toys. I have a clip on bird like that from my Dad's first christmas tree, 1921 - our family were happy to have things passed on that was bought for the children's first tree.

[sharie]

Some amazing stuff there. I do like the bird and the cracker toys. (surprised not to see the fake black moustache that I always seemed to get!)

[Darling Petunia]

My mom just gifted me with a similar angel! Nice haul!