The Hallmark store called with news that they had an Enterprise ornament, so when we finished errands we went up to Town Center to pick it up. We walked about a bit to get exercise and also stopped at Social Expressions, which sells American Greetings cards and Carlton stuff, including the Carlton ornaments. Most of them aren't quite as...finished looking as the Hallmark versions. They tend to be a bit more garishly colored in general (but not always) and a bit more cutesy-poo in some cases. But I was surprised to see they had some really cute ornaments this year (although unfortunately they're not doing the Lassie ornaments anymore). They have a Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer ornament as well (boy, Rankin-Bass must have made a good marketing deal!). This version is Santa with baby Rudolph, and when you press the button Stan Francis sings "Jingle Jingle." They also have a Schoolhouse Rock ornament: yes, it's "Conjunction Junction, what's your function"! And a Rocky and Bullwinkle ornament, and one of Alvin and the Chipmunks (which sings "Christmas, Don't Be Late").
Oh, and to the person we know who likes those old monster movies: there's a Godzilla that lights up and roars. Thought you might be interested! (Hope your mom is better.)
By the way, Hallmark has one of the cleverest ornaments I've ever seen. It looks like a 1950s record player and even closes up with the classic little latches. It comes with three plastic "records." You put any one of them on the spindle and then move the tone arm to "play" the record. And when you do it plays the tune on the record! Too cool.
Notice that the trees are starting to turn bit by bit, although we saw a pretty little maple tree about half turned yellow this afternoon and some others in a nursery that were starting to glow red. Temps still are 60 or above at night, which means we can't shut off the air conditioner yet; it will be too warm to sleep upstairs. Sigh.
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