Light headed

It would be nice to have a bunch of these ornaments. It’s a penguin head that screws onto an ordinary Christmas light. The body lights up when it’s on tight and it turns off when you loosen it a little bit. Wouldn’t that be a cool way to light a penguin Christmas tree? Unfortunately, the Christmas ornaments were picked through by the time I went to the Christmas Tree Shop. One more thing: I just spent about 20 minutes looking for this ornament so I could measure it, but I had to give up. Yes, the trees are still up, but their days are numbered.

Light bulb body that twists on and off

Acquired: December 19, 2009, Christmas Tree Shop, Allentwon, Pa.

Number: 0759

Size:

Price: $1

Light headed

It would be nice to have a bunch of these ornaments. It’s a penguin head that screws onto an ordinary Christmas light. The body lights up when it’s on tight and it turns off when you loosen it a little bit. Wouldn’t that be a cool way to light a penguin Christmas tree? Unfortunately, the Christmas ornaments were picked through by the time I went to the Christmas Tree Shop. One more thing: I just spent about 20 minutes looking for this ornament so I could measure it, but I had to give up. Yes, the trees are still up, but their days are numbered.

Light bulb body that twists on and off

Acquired: December 19, 2009, Christmas Tree Shop, Allentwon, Pa.

Number: 0759

Size:

Price: $1

Snowboardin' in style

I think I was shopping for picture frames the day I found this and another penguin ornament. Penguins. They’re everywhere.

Timeless Treasures by Nicole snowboarder with a huge red bow tie and long orange beak

Acquired: December 17, 2009, A.C. Moore craft store, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0758

Size: 5.25 inches tall

Price: $2

Last-minute bargains

It’s always risky buying something for yourself so close to Christmas, but it would be worse, in my honest opinion, to let ornaments like these slip through my fingers, especially when they’ve been heavily marked down. I don’t even remember what took me to Kmart, but I’m pretty sure I checked off several items on my shopping list that day.

Celebrations by Radko fuzzy blown glass penguin with blue Santa hat and green and silver scarf on a glittery candy cane

Acquired: December 15, 2009. Kmart, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0753

Size: 5.5 inches tall

Price: $5.99 (40 percent off)

Celebrations by Radko glittery penguin with a big beak straddling a snowball, red and silver scarf and red hat

Acquired: December 15, 2009, Kmart, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0754

Size: 6 inches tall

Price: $5.99 (40 percent off)

Two shiny skaters, one graceful, one fallen, with silver skates

Acquired: December 15, 2009, Kmart, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0755 0756

Size: 3.25 and 4 inches tall

Price: $2.39 each

Triple treats

Marge and Jen Babaz went with me two Christmases ago to scout out the Festival of Trees in Scranton. It was too late to enter a tree that year, but it gave me the information I needed to enter a tree last year. We also hit the malls for some Christmas shopping and I found this sweet set of penguin ornaments on one of our stops.

Mary Englebreit sugar coated trio with gingham ribbon hangers, one dressed like a clown, one rolling on the floor laughing and one dancing a jig with a candy cane and green top hat

Acquired: December 12, 2009, Michael’s craft store, Dickson City, Pa.

Number: 0750 0751 0752

Size: 3 to 4 inches tall

Price: $1.99 each, originally $4.99

Another one

As I was getting this post ready, I was certain that I had already written about this penguin. I didn’t have to look very far to find three similar ornaments that I posted on January 1. This one isn’t a perfect match, but it’s more alike than not. My guess is that they all came out of the same factory in China.

Felt penguin with red scarf and hat with gold bow

Acquired: December 9, 2009, Duane Read drug store, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York

Number: 0749

Size: 5 inches tall

Price: $1.99

On the move

I didn’t keep very good records on these three, because I don’t remember if I bought them all at the same kiosk, at least the first one. The other two came from the same shop though. The razr rider  was the last one on the rack and the skater was hanging in the doorway. I had the owner cut it down so I could buy it.

Shopping pair on red scooter, red and green scarf and red Santa hat

Acquired: December 3, 2009, Santa NYC, Bryant Park, New York

Number: 0746

Size: 4 inches tall, 4 inches long

Price: $16.01

Razr rider with stack of presents

Acquired: December 3, 2009, Bryant Park, New York

Number: 0747

Size: 5.75 inches tall

Skater with black boots, red hat, green and red scarf, holding candy cane

Acquired: December 3, 2009, Bryant Park, New York

Number: 0748

Size: 5.5 inches tall