Some of things on this page are pretty old, although I guess it depends on what you call "old". The ceramic snowman was one of the items I made during the first year of my ceramics classes ... that would have been somewhere are 1979, but the Christmas Elves are from the 1950s, so no, they are NOT "Elf on the Shelf".
Something I haven't figured out about the current elf craze ... is why all the 'young-uns' seems to think this is a new thing. Those elf designs have been around since before I was born (in the '50s). The one difference I can see between them is that the current elf is somewhat uglier than the older elves on this page but they are essentially the same otherwise.
Something young people should learn ... "everything old is new again". That's an old saying, but it still holds true.
Something I haven't figured out about the current elf craze ... is why all the 'young-uns' seems to think this is a new thing. Those elf designs have been around since before I was born (in the '50s). The one difference I can see between them is that the current elf is somewhat uglier than the older elves on this page but they are essentially the same otherwise.
Something young people should learn ... "everything old is new again". That's an old saying, but it still holds true.
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| Glitter Christmas Train. |
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| Ceramic Snowman |
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| Santa Town |
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| Christmas Elves - c. 1950s, these are not "Elf on the shelf". |
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| Christmas Candleholder |
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| Santa Music Box |