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Hey JimmyA you do have a sense of humour!
posted by
Straightforward
on April 19, 2012 at 6:56 AM
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Is there anyone who collects collections of collections? 
posted by
JimmyA
on April 18, 2012 at 6:45 AM
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Re: Re: Straightforward
It all started with a family antique snow globe with a little Santa carrying a bag over his shoulder. It belonged to my husband's aunt back in the 1960's when one of my boys managed to drop and break the globe. She was cleaning up the mess when she asked if I would like to have the little figure that was inside the snow globe. I took it home and sat it on top of the piano. The next Christmas, my sister gave me a Santa figure to stand with him on the piano. After that they just seemed to multiply.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 20, 2012 at 11:14 AM
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Silly
I have a silly collection. When walking my dog I spot check for rubber bands, because paper distributors many times take the rubber bands off the advertisements. I bring them home, wash them in Dawn and occassionally give my daughters a handful of them. I can stand waste.
posted by
Amanda6
on February 20, 2012 at 9:45 AM
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very collective of you
posted by
Lanetay
on February 20, 2012 at 7:08 AM
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Re: TAPS' comment
Tell me, did someone give you a Santa Claus, to start with? Or do you yourself have some memory of what possibly made you start the collection. Did you have a lot of figure artists around your place, or a market where they brought their wares? Were your friends also into collecting figures - of maybe some other character?
posted by
Straightforward
on February 20, 2012 at 3:21 AM
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So, tell me. Why did I start collecting Santa Claus figures years ago, and how do I contextualize that with the rest of my life and with the first eleven months of each year?
posted by
TAPS.
on February 19, 2012 at 8:13 PM
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Agreed! sam 
posted by
sam444
on February 16, 2012 at 2:11 PM
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I collect everything so this will be good.
posted by
UtahJay
on February 16, 2012 at 10:08 AM
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That makes sense to me.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 16, 2012 at 9:34 AM
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way to think and to write!!
posted by
Kabu
on February 16, 2012 at 7:22 AM
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Excellent. How interesting love. BC-A, Bill’s R®s
posted by
BC-A
on February 15, 2012 at 9:49 PM
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