![]() ![]() We all know the storyline of those movies, right? Woman goes from the big city back to her little home town for some family emergency, bumps into the guy she used to love, they reconnect in an unusual way – like they have to save Christmas or something, they drink tons of hot cocoa, have a snowball fight and THEN…there’s THE misunderstanding. It also doesn’t help that I’m constantly drawn to the Hallmark channel and their non-stop Christmas movies. That little shop was always so cute and I loved going there to visit my mother and see the displays she had created, especially at Christmas. Then I would reach around the front counter display of Fannie May candies, and grab a chocolate mint meltaway before heading to my job. I would always stop by so she knew I had gotten off the bus. I remember getting off the school bus from high school near her shop to walk to my afternoon part-time job at the nearby White Hen Pantry convenience store. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again…I blame my mother for this! When we lived in Westmont, Illinois, she started to work at a little Hallmark shop called Sentiments and Sweets. Then again, there’s a third one I have my eye on so hold me back! I also found a beautiful Eiffel Tower ornament and a Compass that’s inscribed “Life’s Next Journey is the Scenic Route.” This was to commemorate our cancelled Paris/France trip and also the fact that Eddie and I are now retired and ready to hit the road and travel.Ī few of the Hallmark items I’ve already bought for Christmas 2020! Sometimes its hard to pick just one so I went for two. The birth of our first granddaughter means I got to buy several Baby’s First Christmas ornaments. ![]() (Uh-oh)Ī couple of my additions this year, had to so with some events that happened (or didn’t) in 2020. So, when I picked my ornaments up at the Hallmark Premiere in July, I fell in love with several more. What I’ve always discovered is that you have to see these ornaments in person sometimes because photos don’t do them justice. I ended up adding a total of 16 ornaments to my wish list that day plus adding a few to a reserve list. At first, I thought I would just add to the collections I already had, like Puppy Love or Mary’s Angels but yeah, that didn’t happen. I remember I spent an entire afternoon looking over the wish book online and making my list. That is, until the 2020 Hallmark Wish Book came out and… dang it, Hallmark!!! My collection continues to grow even though this year I thought I could trim it back a bit. Back in 2016, I posted about my love of these Christmas ornaments and that I’ve been a collector since they were first introduced in the early 1970s. Some of my Hallmark 2020 Christmas ornament collection.Īs I get ready to decorate my Christmas tree this coming weekend, I’m getting my decorations lined up including all my new Hallmark ornaments. ![]()
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