Just an inexpensive plastic Christmas toy, my dad bought this at either a Drug Fair or Peoples Drug in the early 60’s. Actually, he bought two, and he used to perch them atop my mom’s and my Christmas stockings. I think it’s kinda charming, but W says it gives him the creeps and reminds him of a bad horror movie. Heh. It’s that yin and yang thang.
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I’d go with charming…still, there’s something about old toys that gives a lotta people the creeps…maybe it’s the just the oldness of them, when we associate toys with children, or the strangeness where we expect something comfortable…
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Love the reindeer. The doll, however, is from Creeptown, USA.
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Hi drjay. “…the strangeness where we expect something comfortable…” Yeah, I think you’re right. I can definitely see the creep factor in old toys…like dolls with their moving eyes. Yikes. Come to think of it, some really old portraits of people are creepy too.
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Kathy, you are so funny! Creeptown…heh. No hands nor feet does kinda make you wonder…
merry christmas!
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Like The Velveteen Rabbit, there is something to that toy. I think it’s a keeper!
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Hi alf and Merry Christmas to you, too.
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Hi Lydia and glad you like it. Maybe not as fancy as the rabbit, but like you say, there’s something to it…despite what Kathy the Fraidy Cat says! :o)