11/23/2002: Thrift Store Finds II - Christmas Edition Blah.
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I've slowly turned my apartment into a Christmas village, but not just any regular Christmas village. A really crappy and holy ugly Christmas villa @ 12/31/1969 7:00 PM EST
My neighbours have several pesky cats. Now I shall hang Christmas decorations on the shed so I hae an excuse to kill them…thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by
Feral @ 11/23/2002 12:47 PM EST
wow matt, i suffer from this addiction as well! my room is literally covered in miscellaneous christmas crap right now! i just can’t help passing up a good thrift store deal… and i am envious of the stuff you got! by the way, you can always put the little figures in the boxes you send to people! either that or stick them in odd places around the neighborhood or in doctor’s offices…
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Ashley @ 11/23/2002 12:56 PM EST
Wow I have like 10 boxes of bubble lights i am so in the money thrift stores rock! you can find old Ataris in there and crap and have isn’t spelled hae
Posted by
Douglas Dixon @ 11/23/2002 1:57 PM EST
I like cats, you dick.
Well we have vertical blinds. Everytime my cat goes through them, I want to throw her across the room, because she screws them up everytime she winds her feline body around them.
Posted by
Andophiroxia @ 11/23/2002 2:25 PM EST
I have that creepy miniature nativity set…and Jesus does look like a donkey. Not a cute donkey, either.
Posted by
KEF @ 11/23/2002 4:00 PM EST
You could make up a contest and the toys could be prizes. I dunno’, I just want free stuff…sigh.
Posted by
Kennef @ 11/23/2002 4:27 PM EST
You have one sick obsession Matt…
Keep it up. 
Posted by
Matty @ 11/23/2002 5:07 PM EST
It’s Christmastime in Hollis Queens…
Posted by
Yeti @ 11/23/2002 5:37 PM EST
Those really are some bad nativity scene sets you’ve got there. But you obviously already knew that. I think having the ghost candle next to the first one makes it look better. =) And the tree in the corner with the ornaments on it that’s in the first picture is just so festive. Hehe.
I have that song stuck in my head now. "Send me an angel. Send me an angel. Right now. Right now…"
Posted by
Jessica @ 11/23/2002 5:43 PM EST
That is freakin’ cool Matt. Sure the stuff is cheesy, but that’s what makes it so great. I like your tastes.
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Nathan @ 11/23/2002 6:37 PM EST
I’ve got a tiny plastic Christmas tree standing on a shelf in my bedroom that’s been there for the past three years (or maybe four). I dunno, maybe if I keep this up I’ll end up in the Guinness Book of Records.
My friends might start avoiding me though, but that’s just a risk I’ll have to take.
Posted by
MrCoffee @ 11/23/2002 7:33 PM EST
I’m a Jew, a lonely Jew, on Christmas… 
Posted by
Baum @ 11/23/2002 9:41 PM EST
i think the trinkets scream ‘x-e mystery box’
Posted by
evin @ 11/23/2002 11:02 PM EST
Funny.
All that talk of e-bay makess me think you should do another e-bay article, Matt, because you said you were sick of reviewing stuff. And also none of the pics on those original articles ever work for me. I just get those bastard little x’s.
Posted by
asruidet @ 11/23/2002 11:25 PM EST
My mom would die to have those
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Past1986 @ 11/23/2002 11:34 PM EST
I know this is off the subject but I need help! I have been looking for days for information on the old ytv! you peeps know, the old fuzzpaws named "Grogs" and the early "p.j.’s" Can anyone heed my call?
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Past1986 @ 11/23/2002 11:38 PM EST
I just love old gaudy christmas ornaments…we had a set of old ones that were shiny orbs with little flowers and glittery stripes painted on them. My personal favorite was the one that was colored light green and had white flowers on it. One year, I accidently knocked down the whole tree. Only one ornament broke. Guess which one.
I also like those lighted ceramic trees that are full of holes, and inside each hole is a colored, plastic bit that makes it look like the tree has lights on it…you know what I’m talking about? I’ve been hitting Sonic Adventure 2 nearly all day and my mind is a bit fried (must…find…lost…chao…)…so I’m not doing very well at describing stuff.
We’ve a set of bubble lights. We also had this set of lights shaped like flowers. They looked pretty cool…except for this one psycho light that burned really dimly, but got mad hot. Scary!
I’ve got two holiday Sears Wish Books from 1989 and 1992. I love looking at them to see what was in style back then…and to see the "state of the art" electronics! Anyone remember those?
I want some flocked bunnies!
Posted by
nuzzles @ 11/23/2002 11:48 PM EST
i love the chirstmas stuff if u want i hae two retarted santa that would go good with the skeme
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e-dubb @ 11/24/2002 2:25 AM EST
We used to have several cats. They all died under mysterious circumstances.
Posted by
Groover @ 11/24/2002 2:34 AM EST
Well… they weren’t that mysterious.
Posted by
Groover @ 11/24/2002 2:36 AM EST
You Fucking Bastard! You killed the cats! I’m selling your Star Wars toys. And no more internet porn for you!
Posted by
Mrs. Groover @ 11/24/2002 2:39 AM EST
Me and my grandpa used to throw those glass bulbs at my other relatives. Ah, memories…
semi-precious memories…
Posted by
Cannibalizer @ 11/24/2002 4:01 AM EST
I tried to put up some christmas decorations in my room, but Skeletor and Metlar ate them.
Posted by
Secondpillow @ 11/24/2002 12:14 PM EST
Metlar is so cool.
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Secondpillow @ 11/24/2002 12:14 PM EST
I used to work at Target. In the stockroom, we had tons of ornament boxes. Half the stock always had broken ones, so we’d open them up in the stock room and throw them around. The ornaments would shatter into thousands of shards. Good times.
GAH, the little donkey Jesus nativity scene.
When I was in grammer school, every Christmas they’d hand those things out to all the kids, sicne it was a Catholic school. One class at a time, you’d go down to the library to meet Santa (one of the preists dressed like him), and you’d shake his hand and he’d give you this wrapped box, and it was ALWAYS that stupid nativiy scene. Even if you didn’t open the box itself to check it out, by the time you got back to class you were covered in more glitter than Jessica Rabbit. The teachers would make us dump out the boxes before you went back into the classroom just to keep the glitter from getting everywhere.
I think by the time I graduated though, they learned their lesson and switched over to little white angel orniments with no glitter.
Posted by
Lim @ 11/24/2002 3:37 PM EST
Ahhh, here comes Christmas. This will be my first X-mas away from home…alas I will be in Boot Camp. I miss this crap. I miss those old ornaments that my grandmother put up that I was’t allowed anywhere near, and hey to this day I can’t go near ‘em. I could make an easy grand if I sold all that stuff… Oh well, I’ll be celebrating this year by doing push-ups and sit-ups… HOORAH
damn cats, they keep stealing the peanut butter from my pants…uh…hey…anybody wanna join a cult?
Posted by
peanutbutterf etish @ 11/24/2002 9:09 PM EST
My family has the cheesiest Nativity set ever, and I would be tramautized if anything happened to it because it’s been around my whole childhood.
It’s from Mexico, 2 baby Jesus’s, no Mary, a random women with a purple dress, blue tights and a sunhat, and the 3 wisemen that are matadors and singing into wire microphones?!?
My favorite part is a Friar that has a crucifix even though Jesus is a baby and hasn’t been crucified yet.
Posted by
Lindsey K @ 11/24/2002 10:01 PM EST
Lindsey K.
It’s always good to plan ahead.
Posted by
Nemesis @ 11/25/2002 4:41 AM EST
I dunno dude. I looked up your bubble lights on ebay and most of them were only going for between 7 and 20 bucks! The in box mint ones were still only fetching between 40 and 50. But I guess if you only paid a buck it’s still pretty sweet.
Posted by
Karlo @ 11/25/2002 6:01 AM EST
Matt, I like the festive pictures because we have the same IKEA entertainment center and it reminds me why I don’t let my girlfriend put ALL of her crap on it.
Posted by
Ahrohbeebee @ 11/25/2002 9:48 AM EST
Matt you are fucking hot! (I just thought you would like to know! :P)
Also, my mom goes crazy with Christmas crap and we have a tiny little house, so it kinda looks like your place!
Posted by
Pararu @ 11/25/2002 10:31 AM EST
I would make some kind of garland with that box of misc. trinkets. Just for year round fun. Same reason why I have purple lights all over the place and it’s Halloween every single day of the year in my bedroom.
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Lauren @ 11/25/2002 11:58 AM EST
i don’t have any cool vintage christmas ornaments. no bubble lights, no satanic st. nick figurines, no blasphemous nativity scenes. but….i do have one creation that is very special to me. it is: the ONLY african-american light-up santa i’ve ever seen! standing about three feet tall, it plugs into the wall, and with its special…uhm…"ethnic" glow, the good people at Kmart pose the question, "who says santa has to be white?!"
…ok, so, really, its not that impressive. try as i might, Black Santa just isn’t as cool as Devil Murderer Alien Santa. but, i’ve never seen another santa like him (and trust me, i’ve gone through many a Kmart in search of another ethnic santa). and, if you want to see pictures of The Man Himself, you can check out my homepage…it has a game called "Find Black Santa." its the only time I’VE ever seen santa speaking in really, really poor, totally-obvious-that-some-dumb-white-kid-knows-nothing-about-the-ghetto-except-that-rappers-are-from-there ebonics.
Posted by
Jeff @ 11/25/2002 12:16 PM EST
AFTER YOU BREAK THE CAT’S NECK, WILL YOU TAKE PICTURES AND DO AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT??? J/K- I LOVE CATS, BUT COME CHRISTMAS TIME, KILLING CATS IS A FAIR GAME…..
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ranae @ 11/25/2002 1:35 PM EST
You know, the only Christmas thing that I have is a little black Santa, but he’s actually some kind of Kwanzaa figure. I have a little plastic snake draped around his neck, and since I lost the card that came with him that explained what saint he was and how he symbolized Kwanzaa, I changed his name to Horsecock Willy. What that has to do with X-mas I have no idea.
Posted by
Jeremy @ 11/25/2002 3:24 PM EST
My grandmother has THE best nativity scene ever simply due to the fact all the figures have just been thrown together. It contains the following: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, five wise men, three camels, seven angels, Santa Clause,a kid throwing snowballs, a little school girl, donkey, and best of all…A TROLL!! Its great not only due to its randomness, but also because the figures are from different eras. The kids are at least 50 years old, while the the other pieces range from the 60’s to whatever time trolls came out. If I wasn’t a an idiot, I’d send a picture.
Posted by
Caingnazzio @ 11/25/2002 3:28 PM EST
i lub this storie.
Posted by
wack0 @ 11/25/2002 4:38 PM EST
I have a suggestion for using the misc. trinket toys - perhaps you could cut the figures up and randomly splice the figures back together to make a hybrid devil army? A naked baby with Santa’s head, an old lady with teddy bear arms and duck heads for feet? I have a collection of plastic horses I intend to do this to, so we could make our mutant armies fight to the plastic death. Or something.
cARDbOaRD DEaD bOY
You rock. What looks really cool though is putting MAn At Arms’ head on his ass. That way at least he looks like he should.
Posted by
Nemesis @ 11/25/2002 8:23 PM EST
Matt,
I have thrift store madness too, but I also have "I work at a library and people donate stuff" madness. I get books, CDs, tapes, records and videos. Someone donated a video just now that is labeled "Transformers II." If you are interested, and it IS actually Transformer stuff, let me know if you want it. Also are two blank tapes with no labels at all. I’m hoping for hardcore amateur porn.
Cheers,
Posted by
Nemesis @ 11/25/2002 8:31 PM EST
At the Target I work at we just send the broken bulbs back or something. I dunno. I’ve been there over four years and all I know is that everyone likes to yell at me and push me into the trash compactor. But I know they’re only foolin’ with me and I always get out just in time.
P.S. - Flocked bunnies are essential for any happy home and an important part of a balanced breakfast. Well, along with Internet porn. And trolls. And donkeys. And everyone needs more horsecock. Yes, yes.
Posted by
Al @ 11/26/2002 6:06 AM EST
Matt, my mom is just as psychotic, if not moreso than you with decoratioins. She dresses my cats up with little Santa outfits. Last year, she even got a mini Santa outfit for my fuckin turtle. I don’t know about you people, but it was the first time I ever heard of someone dressing a pet turtle up as Santa.
P.S-I’m still workin on the cure for comulsive buying.
Posted by
Tim @ 11/26/2002 12:36 PM EST
I adore nativity scenes. I have a thoroughly unhealthy obsession with them.
My favourite, however, would have to be my stepmom’s. Baby Jesus is a fucking toddler, at least a year and half old. The theory is that Mary and Joseph really liked the damn barn. Also, they were waiting for presents, and it took the Wise Men a really long time to get to Bethlehem.
The other thing we love about it is the shepherds. They’re 17th century shepherds with cherubic, androgynus faces and curly yellow hair, fancy, fluttery clothes and little white slippers, and one them I’m prepared to swear is actually a girl, and she doesn’t look prepared to go running about a field full of sheep turds. The other is about an inch shorter than everyone else, so maybe he’s from another set. The shepherds are in possession of three or four sheep and what is undeniably a goat.
But Caingnazzio? Your grandmother has the best one I’ve ever heard of. I am in awe of her.
Posted by
Sundragyn @ 11/26/2002 12:45 PM EST
I think there should be a national cat killin’ holiday. And it should be done soon, before they take over the government.
Posted by
the dog @ 11/26/2002 1:23 PM EST
Can i please have the pink bunny from the trinket box? i like pink.
Posted by
Cara @ 11/26/2002 9:39 PM EST
man, what I wouldn’t give for one of those fruit…thingies.
Posted by
tacotaco @ 11/26/2002 10:52 PM EST
I had a friend whom hung plastic fruit on her Christmas tree. That is, until we buried it in the backyard. Fruit does not belong on a Christmas tree, nothing pertaining to food belongs on a Christmas tree. Not even those blasted candy canes, for serious.
Posted by
Banger @ 11/26/2002 11:19 PM EST
What does your girlfriend think about all of this?
Posted by
Anna @ 11/26/2002 11:43 PM EST
His Girlfriend is a robot. He made it because his Imaginary one dumped him.
We should hang out, Matt.
Posted by
American Vomit @ 11/27/2002 4:45 AM EST
k, so this seems to have turned into a "hey, nativity sets? WE have one of those!" so i will tell you of my favorite nativity set. it is wooden, and approximately 3" long by about 1 1/2" tall. it is triangular in shape, with two triangles for the top and bottom connected by 3 very tiny pegs at each corner. the figures themselves, as far as i can tell, are jesus mary and joseph, tho it’s hard to say as they’re made of odd shaped wooden things with faces drawn on in sharpie markers, the baby doesn’t have a face. there’s some other nondescript lumps of wood glued in there, making me think perhaps animals hadn’t yet evolved to the point of recognizability, but who am i to critiscize evolution? either way, the things tiny and messed up, i love it, and it’s the only ornament i hang on the tree every year. maybe i’ll take a pic. or something. as for your box o’ crap…i reccomend constructing a slingshot and positioning it near your front door/window, then launching the tiny trinkets at anyone who approaches your house. aim for the eyes! everyone likes you better when you give them presents…..
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raven casey @ 11/27/2002 9:31 AM EST
k, so this seems to have turned into a "hey, nativity sets? WE have one of those!" so i will tell you of my favorite nativity set. it is wooden, and approximately 3" long by about 1 1/2" tall. it is triangular in shape, with two triangles for the top and bottom connected by 3 very tiny pegs at each corner. the figures themselves, as far as i can tell, are jesus mary and joseph, tho it’s hard to say as they’re made of odd shaped wooden things with faces drawn on in sharpie markers, the baby doesn’t have a face. there’s some other nondescript lumps of wood glued in there, making me think perhaps animals hadn’t yet evolved to the point of recognizability, but who am i to critiscize evolution? either way, the things tiny and messed up, i love it, and it’s the only ornament i hang on the tree every year. maybe i’ll take a pic. or something. as for your box o’ crap…i reccomend constructing a slingshot and positioning it near your front door/window, then launching the tiny trinkets at anyone who approaches your house. aim for the eyes! everyone likes you better when you give them presents…..
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raven casey @ 11/27/2002 9:31 AM EST
d*mnit! sorry, browser got stuck, i hate computers!
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raven casey @ 11/27/2002 9:31 AM EST
Call me privlaged if you want, but my family has a pretty ok set. All the animals are recognizable, and get this, the people look like real people! Well, everything is covered in a once inch layer of white pearl paint. They have lots of gold trim and crap on them too. The whole nativity is very ghetto fab.
Posted by
Kennef @ 11/27/2002 2:09 PM EST
Matt yo taste in da x-mas shiznit be fuggly… you fuggly!
Posted by
Homeboi @ 11/27/2002 5:32 PM EST
It puts the lotion on the skin and puts it in the basket.
Posted by
Buffalo Bill @ 11/27/2002 6:39 PM EST
wait in an elevator for someone to get on….sprinkle trinkets around elevator floor. decalare you do it "for pepe".
Posted by
Llama @ 11/28/2002 1:21 AM EST
Ohh, man. I’ve got some of those vintage bubble lights, too. They’ve been hanging around the bathroom mirror continuously for the last few years.
Geez, they’ve been up so long, I don’t even remember when we first put ‘em on there…
Posted by
Will @ 11/28/2002 2:40 AM EST
If you’re interested in selling the Home Alone 2 turtle dove ornaments, I’d be willing to take them off your hands. I’m another Kevin McAllister wannabe who wants to give a dove to someone to remember forever. It’s sad that I still want to do this 10 years after the movie came out, but oh well, that’s the truth.
Posted by
Anne-Lise @ 12/02/2002 9:14 PM EST
I used to put icicles on my christmas tree.. But than we moved our tree near the fireplace so i can’t do it anymore
Posted by
Sire Ken @ 12/05/2002 6:02 PM EST
Ok, nativity set stories… uh, I have a very small nativity set made of wood in my house, with just Joseph, Mary, and the baby Jesus. Except that there’s no baby Jesus, so someone… put a marble there… instead…..
And Matt, you’re right- the Santa Claus doll is horrific. My mom loves collecting Santa-related stuff, but I doubt even she could stand that.
Posted by
Night_Trekker @ 12/05/2002 6:17 PM EST
Thank you for burning that goddamn Santa doll. I lose sleep many a night, knowing that he knows what he knows. But how does he know? Elves. It’s the fricking elves! He is breeding an army of them. They come disguised as peaceful creatures, slowly converting all Christmas gifts into fudge. And by the time we’re all to out of shape to fit into our luxury mid-sized overpriced minivans, it will be too late! They will have taken the world. And that sick son of a bitch Santa will be our ruler. Merry fuckin’ Christmas!
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Fear Is Your Only God @ 12/07/2002 10:44 PM EST
Y’know, my mother used to have these really nasty, ugly, horrible, plastic strands of ‘Christmas Candy’ that were basically vague candy shaped pieces of plastic, covered in yellow cellophane and strung together on cheap wire.
…there are I don’t know how many bite marks on them from my little sister thinking that they were ‘real candy’. I honestly don’t know why she thought they were.
And so as not to leave out the obligatory nativity creche comment, my mother had a really lovely set - and seemed to object when I lovingly placed my Demona figure from Gargoyles on top of the manger, because she was going to guard the baby Jesus. …what’s so wrong about that? Parents, I swear. I do have to admit that Godzilla eating the little cows was probably a bad move on my part, however.
Posted by
Aeire @ 12/09/2002 5:01 AM EST
I found your website by doing a search for "futuristic donkeys."
Long live the planet Zwilarto.
Posted by
Bettina @ 12/11/2002 11:49 AM EST
WHERE CAN I GET HOME ALONE WHITE TURTLE DOVE ORNAMENTS? THANKS, KAREN
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KAREN JOHNSON @ 12/16/2002 11:21 AM EST
In my family, we have a belief that if Christmas isn’t tacky, it isn’t Christmas. The tree and house should be covered in glowing, bubbling, shiny plastic, metal, and glass. That’s just how it is. I hate those people who have formal trees with a matching theme, that’s far to tasteful to be in the true spirit of xmas. So needless to say I love you apartment.
Posted by
blnkfrnk @ 01/22/2003 2:21 PM EST
I have a santA with a 10 IN DICK, DOES ANYONE WANT TO BUY IT lol
Posted by
mark the bird man @ 01/29/2003 12:11 PM EST
Delayed Post… cause I’m lazy
That is one freaky ass Santa! It wouldn’t last 5 minutes at my place before I’d be bustin’ it apart.
I’m sorry… Child’s Play really warped me
Posted by
Alphacentaurian @ 11/12/2003 10:12 PM EST
Delayed Post… cause I’m lazy
That is one freaky ass Santa! It wouldn’t last 5 minutes at my place before I’d be bustin’ it apart.
I’m sorry… Child’s Play really warped me
Posted by
Alphacentaurian @ 11/12/2003 10:13 PM EST
hi! i would really want to know where ou got those turtle doves cause i want to get a set to give to my friend or at least like those from home alone
joc1082@yahoo.com
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joyce @ 11/29/2003 2:39 AM EST
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