Happy Small Business Saturday!
Please remember your favorite local and online small businesses today as you enjoy your holiday weekend.
I have a 25% off sale running all weekend, through midnight on Cyber Monday (November 30). I also have many new Christmas arrivals in my store ... with more Christmas items added the next couple of weeks. You will find all these unique gifts at Birdhouse Books on eBay.
Children's Advent and Christmas is a rare 1966 vintage book by Vita Et Pax.
Wumpy's Christmas Gift is a vintage picture book for children by Nancy Nash, with illustrations by Richard Floethe (1956)
Mortimer's Christmas Manger is a picture book about a little mouse who discovers the real meaning of Christmas after he takes up residence in a manger. It was written by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.
Holiday Recipes Around the World for Electric Cooking and Baking is a cute 1960 vintage cookbook booklet.
The Little Drummer Boy is a DVD of the classic children's special by Rankin Bass.
This Christmas postcard features a little boy and girl discovering a tree with candles and fruit outdoors.
This Christmas postcard features a little boy and girl with a snowman who holds an umbrella. This looks like an Ellen Clapsaddle illustration.
This especially sweet Christmas postcard features a little girl with an old fashioned teddy bear.
Santa Claus wishes a village a Merry Christmas with the help of an old fashioned megaphone on this postcard.
A sweet little girl puts shamrocks on a snowman on this charming Christmas postcard.
This Coronation Collection vintage Christmas card features a mailbox full of wrapped gifts.
A sweet mother deer and her fawn rest in the woods on a snowy day on this vintage Christmas card.
I hope you've found some treasures here, and hope you'll visit my store as well: Birdhouse Books. Have a wonderful weekend!
Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Do you watch the Macy's Thanksgiving parade? I love it and have watched it every Thanksgiving - often, as an adult, scurrying back and forth from the kitchen while cooking.
The Macy's Thanksgiving parade started in 1924 and featured Macy's employees in New York City dressed up in costumes walking the route, as well as riding on some creative floats. Over 250,000 spectators watched the first parade.
Felix the Cat was the first balloon float in 1927. The parade organizers did not have plans to save the balloon after the parade, so they let it just float off.
Artist, puppet designer, and children's book illustrator Tony Sarg
designed many of the early balloons. He also did a parade theme window
display for the store.
This Tony Sarg designed dachshund balloon was released after the 1929 parade:
The parade became increasingly popular through the 1930's. It was suspended from 1942 - 1944 because of World War II.
The 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street featured Macy's and the parade, and this only added to the parade's popularity. The first television broadcast was in 1948.
This is Frieda the dachshund, from the 1950's parade era:
This Elsie the Cow balloon from the 1963 parade promoted the 1964 - 1965 New York World's Fair:
Betty White and Lorne Green hosted the 1965 parade:
Performances are popular both before the parade and on floats. Classics include the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, high school bands, and of course, the arrival of Santa Claus at the end of the parade.
Do you enjoy the Macy's parade? What are your favorite floats or balloons? I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below.
