At Hog Creek Antique Mall in Hillsdale County, the vintage plastic Santa sleigh lawn ornament is going for $325. Too much? Don’t even think about trying to haggle, especially this time of year. The ...
Few Christmas decorations capture the nostalgic nature of the holiday quite like blow molds. These iconic decorations first came about during the 1940s and have transformed over the decades. Despite ...
A close-up of a Union snowman blow mold. This blow mold came with sunglasses and was titled “Hollywood Snowman.” He’s put his sunglasses away with the winter weather and cloudy days upon us. Every ...
They were practically like relatives as Nick Bottiglieri grew up, the kind who show up every holiday season, smiles on their faces and ready to party. For Bottiglieri, the huge, eclectic and electric ...
Chances are Christmas figures made of hard plastic are popping up somewhere in your neighborhood. Sure, they’re tacky. That’s what makes them so irresistible. We Christmas fanatics love them. They are ...
When it comes to holiday decorating, we love to go all out, that means inside the house and in the front yard. While you might expect traditional garland and plenty of twinkly lights, we've been known ...
A current holiday exhibit at the Joplin History & Mineral Museum showcases the vintage glow of Christmas blow mold decorations from a local collector. Blow molds are a decorative lawn ornament, made ...
Most popular from the 1950s to 1970s, Christmas blow molds are full of nostalgia and exude a vintage charm perfect for holiday decorating. Growing up, you might remember seeing homes in your ...
Don't be a Griswold A blow mold Santa and reindeer set gained notoriety in the 1991 holiday movie classic "Christmas Vacation," starring Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold. When Griswold's elaborate light ...
LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. — Heather Duitch of Williamsport walked outside Sunday morning and noticed something was wrong. Her vintage Christmas blow molds were missing. "Noticed everything was gone. We had ...
There are subtle ways to show your Christmas spirit. Then there's Laura Stewart's lawn. Dotted across her property in Bridgewater, N.S., are about 100 blow moulds — hollow, hard plastic lawn ...
TITTABAWASSEE TOWNSHIP, MI — For 17-year-old Brandon Bishop, his collection of hundreds of plastic holiday blow molds began with a few decorations abandoned by a neighbor. With the holiday season upon ...