This ornament is about 3¼ inches long and opens to about 5 inches. It looks like a regular Flip Phone and is painted dark pink. The screen on the outside of the phone says MERRY CHRISTMAS, when you flip the phone open the screen reads WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS which is also the tune the phone plays when the button is pushed. On the inside the rest of the phone has all the buttons a regular phone has. Push the button in the center to play the tune. These ornaments would make creative Birthday Presents for avid text messagers. Select this link to view our Miscellaneous Holiday Ornaments.
Santa Claus and Christmas Gifts.
The custom of exchanging Christmas gifts among friends and family became widespread during the nineteenth century. At this same time the German Christmas tree began to become popular in both Europe and America and Santa Claus became a popular figure associated with Christmas in the United States. Both of these innovations encouraged the growth of Christmas gift giving. The trees provided a beautiful location to display the gifts and Santa Claus by serving as a new Christmas gift bringer. Unlike the medieval New Year’s gift or the English Christmas box, nineteenth century style gift circulated between family and friends and expressed the affection of the sender. Select this link to view our Green Cellphone.
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. Select this link to view our Orange Moblie Phones.
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 Yellow Cell Phone.
