tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post452653706598329216..comments2024-03-28T18:50:23.094-05:00Comments on Far Side of Fifty: Ornament finish and moreFar Side of Fiftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-77420328199933428272021-11-11T11:28:45.183-06:002021-11-11T11:28:45.183-06:00I'm playing catch up with your blogs so I mis...I'm playing catch up with your blogs so I missed the drawing but 110 ornaments? You are to be commended!www.self-sufficientsam.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065860466566055543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-64661871606022104242021-11-06T19:06:21.238-05:002021-11-06T19:06:21.238-05:00My favorite gift was a Kodak Instamatic Camera. M...My favorite gift was a Kodak Instamatic Camera. My first photos were of my new baby brother born shortly after Christmas. Didn't realize then it would become a life long hobby that brings me great joy in retirement.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623056411764098415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-25161524716521543692021-11-05T21:20:35.930-05:002021-11-05T21:20:35.930-05:00I loved getting books for Christmas, but my favori...I loved getting books for Christmas, but my favorite was my own white ice skates. I'd been using some ratty hand-me-downs so finding those brand new skates was just the best. I used them for years and years.zoopersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971619437204392974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-28745986923419044272021-11-04T19:08:01.894-05:002021-11-04T19:08:01.894-05:00Our family spending Christmas together from beginn...Our family spending Christmas together from beginning to end. I only realize that now while trying to think of my favorite gift. Thank you for opening my mind to the best of childhood. <br />You guys are such an inspiration.Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-42185347076693871852021-11-04T09:42:14.930-05:002021-11-04T09:42:14.930-05:00My favorite childhood Christmas gift was a doll fr...My favorite childhood Christmas gift was a doll from my Aunt Hazel and Uncle Bill. Hazel had sewn clothes for her including a beautiful green coat and hat with white fur trim. I loved that doll! Sandy BAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000077507642626622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-30980044818638751002021-11-04T06:55:33.201-05:002021-11-04T06:55:33.201-05:00Love your blog! My favorite gift was bunk bed styl...Love your blog! My favorite gift was bunk bed style doll beds. Naturally, being from a family of 4 sisters (plus a baby brother), they were sort of a group gift. Quite the hit - lots of doll play with all those little girls! The older girls had those tall Madame Alexander dolls; similar size of today’s American girl dolls. Such fond memories! Congratulations on finishing all 5hose ornaments- truly a labor of love! Karen PKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834031830165655764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-79850251381539182842021-11-04T05:13:49.583-05:002021-11-04T05:13:49.583-05:00My favourite gift was a Chrissy doll. You could pu...My favourite gift was a Chrissy doll. You could pull the hair to make it longer or turn a knob on her back to shorten it. <br />LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272909221294270344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-26905160119359549282021-11-04T01:11:16.860-05:002021-11-04T01:11:16.860-05:00Congratulations on getting the ornaments all finis...Congratulations on getting the ornaments all finished.<br /><br />I can't enter because I'm in the UK, but I'll tell you what my favourite gift was anyhow: it was a doll I got for my 2nd Christmas. I loved that doll so much he ended up having his own Christmas presents each year during my childhood, and I learned to knit especially so I could make him blankets and scarves. I still have him too.Victoria Ziglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872256336482196922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-45729177964797341382021-11-04T00:28:39.103-05:002021-11-04T00:28:39.103-05:00Congratulations on getting all 110 of those orname...Congratulations on getting all 110 of those ornaments done! A labor of love, but...what a lot of work. You are amazing.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-34483834525605175982021-11-03T22:59:30.142-05:002021-11-03T22:59:30.142-05:00Good for you for getting the painting all done. I...Good for you for getting the painting all done. It is a good feeling to get major jobs done. My brother worked in Kansas City when I was young and he bought me a big box of Tinker Toys. My parents never gave me much of anything big ever. Sometimes I got a used bb gun from a cousin and some used skates from another cousin. I still have those Tinker Toys today.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-52358213503164459592021-11-03T21:29:33.578-05:002021-11-03T21:29:33.578-05:00My favorite gift was given to me by my daddy (and ...My favorite gift was given to me by my daddy (and mama) the Christmas after my mama died of cancer in October 1971 (I was 14 years old). When I opened the big box, there was a beautiful guitar that looked like Glen Cambell's Ovation Balladeer! Apparently my mama and daddy had bought it several months before (when they knew how much I admired Glen Campbell and wanted to learn to play guitar) -- both had handwritten their names on the gift tag. Yes, I taught myself to play that guitar, and yes it was much-loved! I can still see that big package under the Christmas tree in my mind and how that guitar looked when I opened the box!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073882040193144070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-75374626609155794062021-11-03T20:50:50.540-05:002021-11-03T20:50:50.540-05:00Congratulations on finishing your ornaments! How ...Congratulations on finishing your ornaments! How exciting about the ornament giveaway....hope,hope,hope I am one of the lucky ones!!! My favorite Christmas gift as a kid, was a sparkly Ballerina doll. I can still smell that "new doll" smell when I think about her. Anyway, please do enter my name in your give away. You have such a good heart Connie! Good for you! diane in northern wishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760406240936656525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-26764445454587500072021-11-03T18:30:48.321-05:002021-11-03T18:30:48.321-05:00The gift I remember most is a doll and doll crib t...The gift I remember most is a doll and doll crib that I received on Christmas eve, early, when I had the chicken pox and could not go to my grandparents for the Christmas Eve family celebration on their farm. I had a good Christmas anyway, but I do feel sorry for my mother having to stay home with me. <br />Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-50747038499298229562021-11-03T18:26:10.606-05:002021-11-03T18:26:10.606-05:00Congratulations on getting all the ornaments compl...Congratulations on getting all the ornaments completed! You two are so talented and your ornaments are always wonderful. <br /><br />My favorite gift as a child would be a baby doll I received when I was about five. I named her Susan and my Grandmother made clothes for her. Thank you for doing this drawing each year!<br />Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-39565447740283099242021-11-03T18:18:54.840-05:002021-11-03T18:18:54.840-05:00My favorite gift was a puppy, a Chihuahua, that I ...My favorite gift was a puppy, a Chihuahua, that I named Fawn because of her coloring. Denny144https://www.blogger.com/profile/17531412274113797877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-81074166933619926172021-11-03T18:06:17.348-05:002021-11-03T18:06:17.348-05:00Good on ya.....................
My facourite Chris...Good on ya.....................<br />My facourite Christmas gift was the red rocking horse I got when 2yrs oldJo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-83482754920018907822021-11-03T16:09:20.695-05:002021-11-03T16:09:20.695-05:00My favorite gift as a kid was a pair of steel roll...My favorite gift as a kid was a pair of steel roller skates. They could expand and contract to fit different sized shoes, so I think they were a gift to all 4 of us. I can still remember the sound and feel of those steel wheels rolling on the sidewalks. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-4856884611835206712021-11-03T15:38:33.512-05:002021-11-03T15:38:33.512-05:00My favourite christmas gift was a doll house howev...My favourite christmas gift was a doll house however, my brother and i kind of ruined it by snooping and finding our Santa gifts in the basement. I still loved that doll house and even had it for my girls when they were born. Sadly, it was a little dangerous - all those sharp metal edges!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369821753856097531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-45668192810388767782021-11-03T13:50:37.046-05:002021-11-03T13:50:37.046-05:00Congrats on getting your dining room table back--L...Congrats on getting your dining room table back--LOL!<br />My favorite Christmas present was when I was about 5 or 6 yers old--a Tiny Tears Doll that cried real tears. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-45090284958315486902021-11-03T13:06:01.298-05:002021-11-03T13:06:01.298-05:00My favorite gift was a set of hand-knit clothes ( ...My favorite gift was a set of hand-knit clothes ( by my Mother) for my teddy bear.. There weren't many gifts during the post war London years. Fingers crossed.. would love to win!!Bettina Grohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003978827710552997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-84103631619267935682021-11-03T12:18:41.111-05:002021-11-03T12:18:41.111-05:00My favorite Christmas gift as a child was a tricyc...My favorite Christmas gift as a child was a tricycle which I shared with brother and sister. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-37935780297214395872021-11-03T12:08:01.753-05:002021-11-03T12:08:01.753-05:00My favorite Christmas gift was a doll that I recei...My favorite Christmas gift was a doll that I received when I was when about 5 years old. She had curly hair and was just about the same height that I was! Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314254638454546970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-39345630722464666652021-11-03T11:00:53.756-05:002021-11-03T11:00:53.756-05:00YAY for you! I have two favorite Christmas presen...YAY for you! I have two favorite Christmas presents and they came in the very same Christmas. A walking doll I named Angela, and a large stuffed collie dog (for the time) I named Lassie. Of course!<br /><br />Terry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-86559482745364657662021-11-03T10:33:23.995-05:002021-11-03T10:33:23.995-05:00The gift I remember the most was a small tape reco...The gift I remember the most was a small tape recorder (reel to reel), and I practically wore out the tape. Since I already have a carving from you and FarGuy, I’ll pass on the giveaway. Tired Teacher 2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02440105483176376315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-81907435058700516772021-11-03T10:01:45.165-05:002021-11-03T10:01:45.165-05:00My favorite gift as a child was a transistor radio...My favorite gift as a child was a transistor radio. I could get a rock and roll station (if I remember right it was KOMA) that played late into the night. I placed the radio under my pillow and went to sleep listening to music every night for years. Thanks for a fun opportunity to win an ornament and for everyone's memories.<br />MJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13660478273110071495noreply@blogger.com