Photo-a-Day - June: Day 11: Door

Photo-a-Day - June: Day 11: Door

No one would ever mention my name and "minimalist" in the same breath.  If there is empty wall space, I'll hang something on it.  In this case, I couldn't find the right place for this small collection of Christmas-themed items so they are handing on the door to my den.

Top left is "A Visit from St. Nicholas" clipped from the Long Island Daily Press of Saturday, December 23, 1944. 

Bottom left is the copy a newspaper advertisement from the Carroll, Iowa Daily Times Harold of December 9, 1941 extolling the virtues of pasteurized milk.  Up to this point, people didn't trust pasteurization.  In the ad, it talks about Santa visiting the Carroll Creamery, co-owned by my Grampa Roberts and his brother, tasting the milk and liking it so well he took samples back to the North Pole.  Once his helpers tasted it, the threatened to strike until the milk was part of the "daily ration in their closed shop".  So, the ad offers, the Carroll Creamery can deliver milk to your home just as it does to the North Pole.

On the right, is the cross stitched, embellished and backstitched needlework piece citing the beginning of "A Visit from St. Nicholas".  On the back is an inscription of "For Brian with all my love.  Mom."  I found it in an antique store and just couldn't leave it there, so I brought it home, had it archivally framed and made it part of my collection.

In case you're curious; no, this is not the only door I'm using as a picture wall.