I love tins and lots of things made from tin, especially tin santas, and I like themes; so my decorations for the Christmas season feature the Santa theme--the Essence of love, kindness, generosity, humility and giving of joy as told in the Christmas Bible Story, but actually able to be carried out by everyone regardless of their faith (or despite their lack of it) per favour of the legend of St Nick morphed into our new millennium Santa Claus. I have wondered if Santa could change the world for the better, but unfortunately his change seems to be so heavily saturated with commercialism that it is amazing that his sleigh actually gets clearance from the tower to take off.
Despite the commercialism, I love tin Santas and have collected a Clan who live happily at Silver Creek now, gracing us with their presence for most of December each year. I know it is January now and they have gone into hibernation but they are still uppermost in my mind and it has taken until the last day of December to get them to stand still and have their photo taken!
As you can see in the photo above, they all moved from their reserved positions on the wood heater to gather for a Clan outing next to the Christmas tree while the weather was really cold early in December.
But it wasn't long and they were gathered back in their alloted spots on the wood heater for the warmer weather. There was some talk of them having another meeting at the Christmas tree, however this was avoided by deploying blankets and rugs and jackets.
And this is the piece-de-resistance, a bouncing tin Santa that stands as tall as a toddler.
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