War on Christmas!!!

[sbl]

Maybe a Schlieffen Plan on Christmas....

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"Paul von Hindenburg Blown Glass West German Ornament" Frohe Weihnachten!

"...A very important figure in German and world history. This unused Christmas ornament is beautiful and was hand made in West Germany. This ornament is about five inches tall and is a very colorful decoration. It was purchased in West Germany between 1978 and 1990...."

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I was looking for Franco-Prussian War toy soldiers

[Rob Weaver]

I think a garland of Prussian infantrymen marching around the tree would be both decorative and tasteful - we put toy soldiers in our tree, an allusion to the movie "Toy Story."

[redleggeddevil]

My tree is festooned with enough firepower to overrun the Low Countries--Contintental infantrymen, toy soldiers and an entire Highland pipe band.

Without all that, how does one intend to repel Christmas Eve attacks by giant, malicious mice and their multi-headed king?

[Rob Weaver]

I have a British Guards band that was cast by Jack Scruby himself which I painted back when I lived in California. The piper was the hardest of all. I actually laid out my kilt and copied the pattern and how the cloth draped from it. Still one of the best pieces I ever painted!

[flattop32355]

My son still has the 1000 piece Reb/Yank set I got him some years back. It made for a lot of plastic carnage when he and friend would go at it.

[Pete K]

I have GI Joe on skis delivering a candy cane, Action Team GI Joe with six wheel atv, George Washington with axe and Christmas Tree, (Hallmark ornaments), numerous miltary musicains: Drummers, fifers, horns, etc.. (18th c. looking?), Rev. men on horseback (I don't know where I found these...) and a wooden Sodiers Aid Society orniment my sister gave me as a gift from Virginia. Just part of the fun I guess.

[sbl]

I love that stuff! We had to do the baby's 1st, 2nd Christmas ornament etc for years and put up all the "Krap" that they make in grade school, but I'm hoping to get back to the 1860's tree theme. Toy soldiers have always been my favorite gift but my son likes any thing with wheels and my daughter is really "girley." As Andrew said, you need the toy soldiers to guard Clara from the Mouse King.

[tompritchett]

I love that stuff! We had to do the baby's 1st, 2nd Christmas ornament etc for years and put up all the "Krap" that they make in grade school, but I'm hoping to get back to the 1860's tree theme.

Trust me, it could be worse. My wife has been collecting Waterford Christmas tree ornaments since we have been married. The funny part now is that she can not put any of them too low in the tree after she found "her" cat trying to play with one of them hanging from the tree.

[redleggeddevil]

Tom, I know your pain. My father had a set of turn of the century hand-painted wooden ornaments that were the jewels of our Christmas tree. Alas, they were not so appealing after passing through the digestive tract of our puppy...

[Rob Weaver]

We have to leave the bottom row of branches bare or the cats will destroy whatever was hanging there.
Andrew: Do you have cats now?