Christmas Card 17

Christmas Card 15

Christmas Card 4

Summer Of Wes Card #10

25 Days Of Cardmas Day 24:The Christmas Song

 

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...Jack Frost nipping at your nose...

It's Christmas Eve. 

The night when the man in the red suit loads up his sleigh and visits all of the good boys and girls to give them gifts of joy. Or in real life terms, it's the day where parents are scrambling to get everything wrapped up in time or for the husband who forgets to get their wife a gift is running out to the shops before they close to make sure he gets a gift so his chestnuts are not hung by an open fire the next day for forgetting.

Don't worry, I already have my wife's gifts well in advanced.

 

Today's also the day I show off rest of my collection of NFL Properties cards, still many more to go before I have them all, and share some memory from Christmas Eve's past.

Christmas Eve used to be more fun for me.

Back before my nephew and sister-in-law moved to Tennessee, we would all go to the Christmas Eve church service, then come back to my house for cookies, cocoa, exchange stocking gifts with the in-laws then watch Christmas Vacation. Those memory-making, hysterical experiences I will never forget that we did annually for years.

Now, when they are able to come up for the holidays since they moved, they come two weeks before Christmas and we do things together at that time such as myself making their favorite foods and watching Christmas Vacation.

So now my Christmas Eves are spent pretty quietly at home and probably even more-so this year being the year 2020 where you must avoid people at all costs. Which is okay, this year I think most of us have become pretty accustomed to being at home.

I wanna know now, what are some of your Christmas Eve traditions? Have they changed over the years? What are your plans this year?

25 Days Of Cardmas Day 16:Please Come Home For Christmas

 

2020 will make for a different kind of Christmas for me.

Usually by now we would be expecting family from afar for Christmas #1 and Christmas #2 but with the pandemic, those days are gone this year and I will say it's really disheartening to say the least. I will miss the good times we have but as I have learned this year during all of this, it really makes you appreciate what you already have at home. This includes my hobby as well.

So this year instead of multiple Christmases I will be having one, just on Christmas. Which is okay because I will make it the best one ever.

 

Today's card is the oldest Santa card I own from my chase in the 1990 Pro Set version. I really hope someday to land the 1989 one.

 

Speaking of Santa and oldest one, really digging the older looking Santa's on this years Christmas stamps.

Are any of you expecting family to come visit this year or are you visiting them?

25 Days Of Christmas Day 15:Frosty The Snowman

Well folks, only 10 days until Christmas and this blogger is getting giddy.

Today's post is about an item that gets me just as giddy every year I put it out. 

It's my wife's, Mr. Snowman. She has had it since her youth and every year we have been together we have put it out on the counter. I used to keep it in the window back when it had a lightbulb, but since that piece went missing, we just keep it unlit on the counter.

Funny but not so funny story about this one, I tried replacing the light inside once with a lightbulb cord I stole from my Halloween pumpkin. The only problem was, the lightbulb didn't fit through the back like the cord that actually goes to the snowman and had to go underneath him instead. So picture plastic with a hot lightbulb on it on the inside...let's just say I am glad my wife has the brains though I was trying to be sweet. Fortunately, didn't burn the house down and only melted some of the snowman on the bottom.

 

Today's card is from 1991 Parkhurst. I don't always show the back of these cards I feature on here but I think today's was very important by the message on the back. 

I hope it hits you in the feels as well.

Have you ever helped anyone during this time of year? Buy a family gifts? Work at a soup kitchen? Donate your time elsewhere?

25 Days Of Cardmas: Step Into Christmas

Today's song matchup seemed spot on I must say. Santa's boots+Step Into Christmas...yeah, I expect an applause for this one.

Elton John is one of my favorite all-time singers, thanks to my father, and one of my more favorable Christmas songs that I don't really hear that often on the radio is Step Into Christmas by the legend himself. Elton released this song 10 years before I was born in 1973, but it's a Christmas classic to me.

Today's card is another one of those NFL Properties cards featuring Santa. It's actually the first one in the 1993 series. This time it uses the Action Packed design and feel as well. It's one of the better used designs and pictures in the series as it makes me think of an old fashioned Christmas and those are the best ones.

What is your favorite holiday song you don't hear enough of?

25 Days Of Cardmas Day 13: It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

 

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year...

With my holiday posting, eggnog and toasting, and decorations that feel like they stay up for a year!!! It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! ding, dong, ding dong.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for me. I got all out with decorations and with my wife being a Scentsy consultant I get to add a few cool items such as this Santa head above that melts scented wax that keeps that pine tree, sugar cookie or cranberry scent here all month long.

Alongside the Santa is a Mike Williams Santa Hat swatch.

What is your favorite scent of the holiday season?

25 Days Of Cardmas Day 12: Here Comes Santa Claus

 

Here comes Santa Claus...here comes Santa Claus...right down Topps Allen Ginter lane....

Sitting on my fake fireplace this year, they are cool still whether real or fake, resides a handmade craft and a 2019 Topps Allen and Ginter Incredible Equipment sent to me by @Kemptribe.

The card is #17 in the set and is a well traveled machine loved by millions of children on Christmas Eve as it travels house to house delivering presents by the big man himself. Yes, the reindeer put in the work but the sleigh holding all of that weight is the real part of the Christmas magic.

How many of you like Christmas card inclusions into products like Allen and Ginter?

Same Name, 2 Different People

When you start to learn the names of the other bloggers in the blogosphere, one common name I have come across is Matt. I know of at least 5 of us with that name that blog so sometimes you feel like you are talking to yourself or in the third person.

I am not sure if the name Matt means blogger, but it feels that way.

Even though the name is common and it may be confusing at times if you are talking to the right one, sometimes the name comes as an advantage. Recently Matt over at Summer of '74 posted a bunch of football cards up for grabs including some TTM with the players signing them for Matt. I can't imagine someone not named Matt would be as interested, but for me, they fit right in and it included a good group of guys.

This first card isn't a TTM or autograph, but it's a card I have wanted forever. The Pro Set Santa card for my favorite holiday. The other Santa card I am hoping to land at some point is the Sp Authentic autograph relic one in the late 90's. I have seen a few bloggers post it and it makes me jealous. I also wouldn't mind the other Pro Set ones of the 90's too.

My first TTM snag was Tony Boselli. A dominating lineman that played anchor for the Jags. Normally I am not an oline kinda guy despite playing some guard and tackle in high school, but he was a 90's guy and HOF.

Speaking of HOFer, Adam clutch Vinatieri was a no brainer add. But, I will always think of him as a Patriot sadly. The team I hate the most.

Charlie Ward was a 2-sport stud who ended up playing for my Knicks in the 90's. I wanted this one just because of that. I was a fan of his.

Aeneas was a shut down safety in the 90's. Probably the highest stud the Cardinals had up until they drafted Jake Plummer.

I thought the Boozer was awesome because of the card and because of the inscription. Well, I also like the card design with the signature.

Same goes with this Dorsett. I miss Upper Deck in the football card game.

 

A big thanks goes out to Matt for the cards and no I am not thanking myself. Pretty happy to add them to my PC and I hoped you enjoyed your return as well.

Random Card Of The Day: Pro Set Santa Claus Card

 

I hope santa will be doing this for me this year. Filling up my tree with NFL cards (will take any sport but mainly NFL) and sport related presents.

Also we here at Sport Card Collectors want to wish you and your family a very, very Happy Holiday and a Very Merry Christmas!

Have a great one and hope you share with us any pulls you may get!