Jingle bells . . . all the way

This is where I get into trouble. I was in the local Lowe's looking for some practical household items, but I couldn't help stopping by the Christmas decorations department. They had a display of these penguin jingle bell ornaments with about 20 different varieties of penguins celebrating different walks of life, like motherhood, golfing, nursing, beach bumming, etc. I tried to stick with the most generic Christmas themes, but I couldn't resist the cowboy.

Eight jingle bell penguins, three with green hats, 2 with red hats, 1 with earmuffs, 1 with top hat, 1 cowboy
Acquired: December 9, 2012, Lowe's, Bartonsville, Pa.
Number: 1006 through 1013
Size: 2.5 inches tall
Price: $2.97 each

A new stash

I discovered a surprising new supply of penguin ornaments last year at Walgreen’s. I stopped in for other Christmas decorations and left with a bag full of penguins. I even found more when I went back a couple of weeks later. Cheap too. I’ve already posted a couple of the Walgreen’s ornaments January 21st and February 25th. My only regret is that I didn’t buy the baseball cap that looked like a snowman’s head on my first visit. When I went back, they were all gone.

Big gold, silver and green jingle bells with felt penguin heads, knit hats and big red bow ties and scarf

Acquired: November 21 and December 8 (green), 2010, Walgreen’s, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0875 0876 0897

Size: 4 inches tall

Price: 99¢ each

Flattish felt penguin in green vest and red top hat

Acquired: November 21, 2010, Walgreen’s, Stroudsburg

Number: 0879

Size: 5 inches tall

Price: $2.50 (2 for $5)

Felt coiled penguin face with green, red and white checked scarf and red Santa hat

Acquired: November 21, 2010, Walgreen’s, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0880

Size: 7 inches tall

Price: $2.50 (2 for $5)

More Macy’s madness, part 3: Jingle all the way

I think I’ll be able to put together a musical tree next year. It seems like I have enough jingle bell ornaments to fill a tree of their own, but I know it’s probably my imagination. I wanted to do a music themed penguin tree last year, but too many of the musical ornaments went to the blue tree or to the winter sports tree at the Trolley Museum, like this on did.

Skier on a big white jingle bell

Acquired: November 19, 2011, Macy’s Herald Square, New York

Number: 0851

Size: 4.5 inches tall

Price: $5.39 (originally $10)