Our Santa’s Big Catch Ornament stands 6 inches tall and hangs from a gold cord. Santa is very happy as he holds his fishing pole with the biggest catch of the day hanging from his fishing line. Santa is wearing his favorite floppy brimmed brown fishing hat with some of his best hooks and lures attached to the hat band. He has a long sleeved light tan shirt under his tan fishing vest, dark green pants, black boots and a black belt. This ornament can either stand alone on your mantle piece or a shelf or hang on your Christmas Tree. Select this link to view our Fish Ornament.
Fishing.
Fishing is one of the most popular, relaxing and rewarding forms of outdoor recreation. People enjoy fishing in a wide variety of fresh, saltwater and brackish, or slightly salty, bays, lakes, oceans, rivers and streams. Around the world millions of people fish for food and for their living. Fishing for them is not a sport. The amateur fisherman eats what he catches or gives it away to be eaten or lets it go, back into the water. He is more interested in the catching process. Some people fish with simple bamboo or cane poles. Others use modern rods, reels and additional equipment that require greater skill to operate. People who use the combination of a rod, reel and line to catch fish are called anglers. The challenging thrill of angling involves outsmarting, hooking, playing and finally landing the fish. Some anglers catch fish only for enjoyment and release the fish after landing them, while other anglers catch fish either to eat or to preserve as trophies. Select this link to view our People and Profession Tree Ornaments.
Some common methods of fishing include casting, still fishing, drift fishing, trolling and ice fishing. In casting, anglers use rods to throw a line with natural or artificial bait into the water. Then they retrieve the line by hand or by turning the handle of a reel to tempt the fish to bite the bait. In still fishing, the angler casts the bait from a bank or an anchored boat and waits for the fish to bite. When drift fishing, the angler allows the bait to trail the boat, which drifts freely with the current. In trolling, the bait is dragged, at or below the surface, behind a moving boat. In ice fishing, fish are caught through a hole chopped in the ice. Select this link to view our Hunting Christmas Ornaments.
History of The Santa Claus Express
The Santa Claus Express is a generic name applied to a number of holiday railroad excursions throughout the United States. Often sponsored by railroad museums and incorporating appropriately decorated vintage locomotives and cars, the Santa Claus Express may offer scenic tours beginning in late November and continuing through December. By other schedules, the Express stops at towns and villages along the line, at which time professional or amateur performers provide a Yuletide concert or show for citizens waiting outside.
The Santa Claus Express also is a vehicle for delivering toys and gifts to underprivileged children, an example of which can be found in Appalachia. Since the mid 1440s on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, officials of CSX Transportation have furnished a locomotive and cars so that the Santa Claus Express could wind its way from Pikeville, Kentucky, across Virginia, and into Kingsport, Tennessee. All along the tracks, children and families gather, many having camped overnight to secure strategic positions. When the train slows at each whistle stop, children run behind as Santa, who addresses everyone as “darlin’,” and his assistants, who are local businessmen, toss candy, small toys, and other gifts into eager hands. Local merchants, some of whom were once among those children chasing the train, donate the gifts, which become the only Christmas presents that many children will receive each year. Select this link to view our Sports Ornaments.