Christmas Always,

You have captured the true magic of Christmas with all the excitement of a child so beautifully that it would be difficult for me to add anything else. The only thing I would or could add in response is "have yourself a merry little Christmas..."

Anthonyv

Just like the great Eddy Arnold Christmas song: "Christmas Can't Be Far Away".
Another place to visit is Bronners in Frankenmuth, MI - reportedly the world's largest Christmas store.
(slim on music, but ton's of decorations).
Merry Christmas everyone. Wish the local "ME-TV" would run Yule Log :(

Warlock,

I so desperately want to go to The National Christmas Museum in Paradise, PA, but it would mean an overnight stay for me and I would have to find a motel that allows dogs.  It is about an 8 hour drive one-way from me.

Then next on my list is "A Christmas Story House and Museum" in Cleveland, OH, which is about a 3 hour drive for me one-way.

And finally Bronner's in Frankenmuth, MI.  I have heard that you could visit the store the entire time they are open 7 days a week and still not see everything they have.  I do get their catalogs, and someone from another Christmas Group I belong to sent me a Christmas card with a small ornament from Bronner's this year.  I also have A "Frank E. Post" The Singing Lamppost that I had originally bought fro K-Mart on their After Christmas Sale for 1/2 price, but a year or 2 later I had to sell it on eBay because I didn't have any money for Christmas presents for my family and I sold several other things too.

Then about 4 years ago, I was at an AmVets Thrift Store during I think Veteran's Day and they had everything in the store at 50% off, and I had found 1 or 2 Christmas Albums that I didn't have in my collection, but I didn't want to wait in line for over an hour to pay $1.00 for 2 Vinyl Records, so I put them back and as I was leaving, I saw a "Frank E. Post" box, and I looked through it and it was complete, including the plastic it was sealed in inside the box, and it was $4.85, but at 50% off at $2.43, I decided to wait in line, but didn't go back for the 2 record albums because the line was getting longer by the second.  It took me an hour and 15 minutes to get to the register, and more importantly, this still had the original price sticker on it and then the orange and black paid strip from Bronner's.  So someone had purchased it from Bronner's and later donated it to the thrift store, so now I have two things that actually came from Bronner's Store, even though I haven't been there yet.  He still works perfectly too.  Do Be Do Be Do