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    Home » Thrift Store Finds

    Too Soon?

    Published by Pam Kessler | 259 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. -

    Is it too early to be talking about Christmas?

    In thrift stores, you sort of have to buy when you see it and this week my local thrift had put out a ton and a half of Christmas decor. I dug through it all (travel size bottles of Purell are my friend) and only came away with one thing, but it was a doozy.

    Vintage ceramic Christmas tree.

    Isn't she perty?

    Did every single household of the 70's have one of these? I think they are sort of in the same category as glass grapes on the coffee table (we had gold ones).

    My Mom went through a rather brief phase of making ceramics and made a tree very similar to this one. And that's the type of tree I thought it was at first, but it says Arnel's on the bottom which appears to be a manufacturer's name.

    On ebay these puppies have gone for up to $109.00 recently. I paid $6.96 at Volunteers Of America. Are you starting to love it more now?

    Vintage ceramic Christmas tree.

    It's missing a few of the light pegs which I'll pick up on ebay, but other than that it just needs a good bath and it's good to go. I'm already planning where I'm going to put it and how I'm going to make it look as cool as I already know it is. Because I'm really grooving on this tree!

    So the question of the day is - do you love it as much as I do or is it too way too funky for your taste?

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    1. Roberta Petersen

      July 09, 2016 at 9:22 pm

      I had several from my mother. I painted them White and Silver and added them to my Holiday Tree Collection. Love them since they belonged to my mom but they now go so well with my Christmas décor!!!

    2. Anonymous

      January 20, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      Oh my goodness... in the early 1970s I took ceramic classes with my Mom and sister, and the one thing we each did was one of these trees. My Mom made the largest one available in ceramics then with a second bottom branch. I made one like the one you bought and so did my sister. When I divorced, I thought I had packed the tree (as I was moving to a different state). And to my horror? I FORGOT IT. I had that tree for almost 30 years!!! So sad!!!! My mom did even did ones for my grandmothers for christmas gifts - wish I had those too - she did it in white!
      GADawn57

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