Originally Posted by COYOTEMAGIC
Love it!!
We have an Elf at my folks house that each of us has claimed for our own when my parents are gone. It's this little bitty thing on a swing that has a small package setting next to him. A little mouse peeks out the corner of the box. As long as I can remember that thing has hung in the corner of the kitchen archway every year at the holiday season. The gold on the package no longer shines, the strings of the swing are frayed, if you aren't careful the mouse head falls out of the package. But you know, that thing MUST hang in that archway for it to be Christmas
My family has the same type of must-have for Christmas. My best friend and maid of honor at my wedding gave us a stuffed Santa about 10" high. He has been out every Christmas since. I've discussed with my daughters who wants what when I die. The ONLY thing they both want is Santa. He's in my will--the girls (they're in their 40s) are to share & switch off every year. Older daughter gets him the 1st year, younger the next.