Vintage Thingie Thursday: Vintage Christmas Estate Sale Finds

Welcome to this weeks installment of Vintage Thingie Thursday. In case you are new here, every Thursday is the day to showcase anything vintage here at Coloradolady. I would love it if you decide to join us. We have lots of fun on Thursdays.

This past weekend I went to a local estate sale in my neighborhood, and what a great bunch of goodies I came home with. It seems the couple who lived there used to run a boarding house on their upstairs floor. They only rented to women, and had the whole top floor set up like a dormitory. It was very interesting. The place was full of great finds, but these vintage Christmas items were coming home with me. I think they are just adorable.

These Santa's are so cute and unusual. They are hard plastic, and about 3 1/2 inches tall. There are no markings on them, so I don't know how old they are, but you can tell that they have some age to them!

This is a top view of the little Santa's. They have a hole in the back where their sack of toys are, I don't know what the hole is for? Maybe putting in a candy cane? Does anyone have a guess. I thought maybe these were party favors of some kind. Anyway, I just think they are cute.

This adorable little jewel was snapped up in a flash. The man who was at the estate sale was bringing boxes down from the attic before he was stopped by the lady running the sale. Poo on her! Anyway, I was lucky enough to snag this out of one of the boxes. I think it is just as sweet as it can be. It is a really great vintage piece and on top of that, it is in great condition. Again, no idea how old this is, all the flowers are plastic, hard plastic and you know you don't see that often these days.

Here is a close-up of the little elf. I think he/she is so cute.

Here is a vintage cardboard Christmas ornament. This is Rudolph. I paid $1.00 for this ornament of paper, but I could not resist the graphics and the charm of this old ornament. It is on my tree as I type this out. I wonder if this was part of a set?

Lastly, I want to show you the jars and ornaments I acquired the same day. I purchased 3 of these old coffee jars. I have a thing for old jars, especially jars this size and shape. They are good for storing and displaying so many things. This one is holding the vintage Shiny Brite ornaments from this same estate sale. I love how the ornaments look in these old jars.

Well, I hope you enjoyed looking at all my finds from the local estate sale in my neighborhood. I considered this a fabulous day! So many vintage Christmas goodies in one place was a real find. I have them all displayed in my home and they are much loved. ~~Can you tell, I get more excited over old things, than new?? I can not help myself. New things just do not hold the same charm as old.

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