ORNAMENT, CHRISTMAS

Description: 2 PIECES - METAL RING FITS INTO BASE OF ANGEL FIGURE. 1. ANGEL, PLASTIC, CREAM COLORED CLEAR PLASTIC HALO AND GOLD TIPPED WINGS. GOLD COLORED PAINT IS RUBBING OFF. CREAM COLORED PLASTIC IS SCORCHED TO A PEACHY BROWN, GREY OR BLACK COLOR THROUGHOUT, BACK OF ANGEL HAS HOLE CAUSED BY SCORCHING. 7 SMALLER HOLES ALSO ON BACK NOT DUE TO DAMAGE. ANGEL SHOWN ON ONE KNEE, WITH HANDS IN PRAYER POSITION, AND SINGING. 7.9 CM HIGH BY 4.5 CM WIDE BY 4.3 CM LONG. 2. METAL RING, DARK GREY, FINISH COMING OFF THROUGHOUT, EIGHT PRONGS ON OUTSIDE OF RING, FOUR SMALLER TABS ON INSIDE OF RING, MISSING PRESSED PAPER RING. 2.9 CM IN DIAMETER.

History: ACCORDING TO THE DONOR WENDY AITKENS, "[THE LIGHT BULB COVER] DECORATED OUR CHRISTMAS TREE. WE BOUGHT OUR TREES AT A LOCAL TREE LOT. AS THE THREE CHILDREN WAITED IMPATIENTLY, DAD INSTALLED THE TREE IN THE METAL STAND AND THEN METICULOUSLY CHECKED ALL THE LIGHT STRINGS BEFORE STRINGING THEM ON THE TREE. IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE LIGHTS LOOKED AND WORKED WERE THE REST OF US ALLOWED TO START HANGING ORNAMENTS, ICICLES AND THE TREE TOPPER. THE LIGHTS WITH SANTA AND FROSTY AND AN ANGEL WERE SPECIAL AND WE SOMETIMES WERE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THE LIGHT OVER WHICH THEY WOULD SIT. I ALWAYS LOVED THE EFFECT THE HALO REFLECTORS MADE OVER THE LIGHT BULBS. THEY CREATED A COLOURFUL HALO OR CIRCLE OVER THE TOP OF THE BULB." SEE PERMANENT FILE SEE P20090030001 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FAMILY HISTORY.