Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post
Wow, My dad passed 7 years ago....His thing was the salami and cheese gift boxes-we found one that he had stashed that was so old that the meat was jerky and the cheese was harder than concrete.

Do your dad the favor of at least looking at it. It's hard, but I can tell you that sometimes the smiles outweigh the tears.
Salami & cheese? What old guy of that vintage didn't love that stuff?
He gave Figi's as gifts since the 70's. Relatives must have been So sick of it.

My Dad did not "appreciate" the "raising" of the tree, in fact it was the most URGENT thing to him was when it would come down. But, I, as an only child compelled him to at least tolerate the beauty.
The whole 'tree' episodes, over all those years, I find quite hysterical now. And if you could have seen the 'glory' of his artificial tree (must have been a prototype from the 50's- it looked like a broom handle with plastic branches coming out perpendicularly) it was a Made in Japan piece of crap.
I wouldn't give it up for the world!

Speaking of memorable decorations. My Aunt always put up a battery powered 3-D plastic Santa Face, circa 1960, on the back door. When you pressed the nose it said: Merry Christmas to All, and now let us sing together... (in a slight Japanese accent)
Well, it has fallen into disrepair, so I sent it to my cousin, her son. Who told me he could not repair it, because if he opened the back, it would void the warranty.