I went by the American Greetings store at Cumberland Mall and they had all the Carleton ornaments 75 percent off. Carleton does some cute stuff—I have all three of their Lassie ornaments—but they tend to concentrate on more media and commercial things than Hallmark does (not that Hallmark doesn't have their share of Disney, classic movie, Peanuts, etc. ornaments!). I saw ornaments for I Love Lucy, Dora the Explorer, Dean Martin, and more.
I got their set of four small Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ornaments in a decorated tin box and another ornament that features Santa and baby Rudolph; press the button in the back and you hear Stan Francis sing "Jingle, Jingle, Jingle." They had a third ornament with Hermey, Rudolph and Yukon Cornelius, but I skipped that...now I'm wondering what it does! (I skipped the Nancy Drew ornament and feel a bit sad that I did.)
Oddly, both Hallmark and Carleton did Rudolph ornaments this year; the Rankin/Bass folks struck a good deal, I guess!
Sears was selling off the last of their Christmas things, too; they had a dozen or so boxes of Christmas crackers. Do Americans actually use them, or are they for British or Canadian folks in the area, I wonder?
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