And Hans, how many buildings do you have? LOL!!
Donalds Christmas Light Building!
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hans, thanks for sharing. Ever since you mentioned Donald's Christmas light collection, I've been anxiously awaiting for a post such as this. This is incredible!!
OMG!!! I am in awe!!!! What a great collection. Would love to see more photos. I've got a few vintage things here and there but I have to stop myself or else I'd have to add on to the house!
norgeway
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One...about three times as big!
I will post some pictures soon!
I will post some pictures soon!
washernoob
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Hans
We have seen everything so far. We gotta see that entire vacuum collection now!
I hear your collection is just jaw dropping!
We have seen everything so far. We gotta see that entire vacuum collection now!
I hear your collection is just jaw dropping!HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING!
appliancelou
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what great collection boy that brings back so many memories nothing like vintage love it enjoy n thanks for sharing!!!
norgeway
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TERRY!
I been telling you to COME VISIT, we can have some sort of mini meet!
I been telling you to COME VISIT, we can have some sort of mini meet!
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Oh, wow, that's fabulous! They call me the Christmas idiot in my family; perhaps I've been surpassed? Vintage Christmas is so heartwarming!
Now THAT is an impressive collection of Christmas equipment-the NOMA lights and bubble lights are the same ones we used when I was a kid.If you tried to run that collection all at once-would be like the Griswalds-and the power comapny may have to go to BACK UP NUCLEAR.I don't collect christmas stuff-but that sure impresses me-makes me want to buy up Christmas lights and all from yard sales and swap shops.those turn up now and then here.There was a fellow at my workplace that collected christmas lights-he liked the Sylvania flourescent ones.Those were the main focus of his collection.He long retired and moved.
polkanut
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Hans,
Very impressive indeed! What decade is your cutoff date, 1960's?
Very impressive indeed! What decade is your cutoff date, 1960's?
Thank you and Donald so much!
I remember those little NOMA trees with the plastic bases and a bubble lite at the end of the branches. Some had artificial needles and other were more of a molded arm type branch made to look like it was heavily flocked with snow. One was on a counter in a business in Ottawa, IL, when I was 4 and I still remember it. Nothing gave a tree the shimmering appearance that bubble lites produced. The collection is amazing and your comments are as bright and delightful as any of the lights. How does Donald keep it all clean and dust free? Were drop clothes taken down so that you could take pictures?
I have to tell you that modern Christmas decorations, at least the ones I see for the mass market, look like junk. They are made for people with no taste. Have they stopped producing the silvered glass hand-blown ornaments in Germany and Eastern Europe that used to be so beautiful? When I see the dreck they hang on UGLY artificial trees in the offices, it make me want to hurl. How can such an important holiday in the Christian religion be celebrated with such cheap, ugly, tacky decorations?
If you want to see beautiful Christmas trees look in magazines from the 40s and 50s, when illustrators did them instead of photographers. Illustrators could produce the apotheosis of the Christmas Tree. Old moves also have great trees. The office tree in the library in the movie DESK SET is beautiful. The dressing rooms on the set towards the end of HOLIDAY INN feature beautiful trees, but I guess, like the appliances in a movie, they are either noticed and loved or not noticed at all. One of the great things about Christmas trees in older movies is that they used the old C6, C7 and C9 bulbs. I am a captive of the time in which I grew up and nothing beats them.
I am going to be chauvinistic here and say that I believe the most beautiful trees I have ever seen were trimmed by gay men and it can help if the man is Jewish. There is nothing like working out the frustration of wanting a tree all through childhood as you decorate one of your own, or a friend's tree you help trim. Think of the beautiful trees in businesses trimmed by gay staff of the display department or wealthy homes where a florist is called in to do the tree.
I remember those little NOMA trees with the plastic bases and a bubble lite at the end of the branches. Some had artificial needles and other were more of a molded arm type branch made to look like it was heavily flocked with snow. One was on a counter in a business in Ottawa, IL, when I was 4 and I still remember it. Nothing gave a tree the shimmering appearance that bubble lites produced. The collection is amazing and your comments are as bright and delightful as any of the lights. How does Donald keep it all clean and dust free? Were drop clothes taken down so that you could take pictures?
I have to tell you that modern Christmas decorations, at least the ones I see for the mass market, look like junk. They are made for people with no taste. Have they stopped producing the silvered glass hand-blown ornaments in Germany and Eastern Europe that used to be so beautiful? When I see the dreck they hang on UGLY artificial trees in the offices, it make me want to hurl. How can such an important holiday in the Christian religion be celebrated with such cheap, ugly, tacky decorations?
If you want to see beautiful Christmas trees look in magazines from the 40s and 50s, when illustrators did them instead of photographers. Illustrators could produce the apotheosis of the Christmas Tree. Old moves also have great trees. The office tree in the library in the movie DESK SET is beautiful. The dressing rooms on the set towards the end of HOLIDAY INN feature beautiful trees, but I guess, like the appliances in a movie, they are either noticed and loved or not noticed at all. One of the great things about Christmas trees in older movies is that they used the old C6, C7 and C9 bulbs. I am a captive of the time in which I grew up and nothing beats them.
I am going to be chauvinistic here and say that I believe the most beautiful trees I have ever seen were trimmed by gay men and it can help if the man is Jewish. There is nothing like working out the frustration of wanting a tree all through childhood as you decorate one of your own, or a friend's tree you help trim. Think of the beautiful trees in businesses trimmed by gay staff of the display department or wealthy homes where a florist is called in to do the tree.
norgeway
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yes
the early to mid 60's and very little in the very early 70's, mid 60's is when all the lighting started to be cheaponed and massproduced also that is about the time Halmark and others started there colectible ornaments. also thats when the drug,five and dime stores and mom and pop hardware stores started to drop christmas from there stores.
the early to mid 60's and very little in the very early 70's, mid 60's is when all the lighting started to be cheaponed and massproduced also that is about the time Halmark and others started there colectible ornaments. also thats when the drug,five and dime stores and mom and pop hardware stores started to drop christmas from there stores.
WOW!!
What an amazing collection!! You have gotten me in the mood to break out the C6 lights, candoliers, and 'swirl' outdoor bulbs way too early...
Thanks for sharing this!!
What an amazing collection!! You have gotten me in the mood to break out the C6 lights, candoliers, and 'swirl' outdoor bulbs way too early...
Thanks for sharing this!!
If you run C6 lights especially, use a lamp dimmer. Just cutting the current slightly will greatly extend the blub life.
Wonderful collection!
Those shelves look like they'd hold up a car collection!
Hans, let me know what Donald is looking for and I'll keep my eyes open for him. Every estate sale seems to have a room full of decorations that I see people looking through but the vintage stuff seems to not move very fast. I wonder if people are afraid of the older electrics? Anyway, I'm starting to pay more attention to the lights and goodies myself as I bought a set of the white LED lights this year for a small tree we put on the front porch and was horrified with the hideous glow and vowed to never buy them again!
Those shelves look like they'd hold up a car collection!
Hans, let me know what Donald is looking for and I'll keep my eyes open for him. Every estate sale seems to have a room full of decorations that I see people looking through but the vintage stuff seems to not move very fast. I wonder if people are afraid of the older electrics? Anyway, I'm starting to pay more attention to the lights and goodies myself as I bought a set of the white LED lights this year for a small tree we put on the front porch and was horrified with the hideous glow and vowed to never buy them again!
