ORNAMENT, CHRISTMAS

Description: CHORISTER, CARDBOARD, BLONDE ANGEL WITH WHITE AND GOLD FEATHERED WINGS, WEARING BLUE AND GOLD DRESS, HOLDING GOLD AND PINK BOOK. HEAD REATTACHED WITH MASKING TAPE ON BACK. SKIRT FOLDED UPON ITSELF TO ALLOW FIGURE TO STAND. MARKED “NO CUTTING…” ON INSIDE OF SKIRT.

History: ACCORDING TO THE DONOR WENDY AITKENS, "A WHOLE CHORUS OF 10 OR 12 ANGELS AND CHOIRBOYS SAT ON THE TOP OF OUR MOTHER’S 1920S PIANO AT CHRISTMAS. CHOIRBOYS, ANGELS AND SNOWMEN PARTY FAVOURS WERE AVAILABLE FREE FROM POST CEREALS BY SENDING IN BOX TOPS TO THE COMPANY. THE COLOUR IMAGES WERE PUNCHED OUT OF A CARDBOARD PRINTOUT AND THEN ASSEMBLED BY HOOKING NOTCHES TOGETHER AT THE BACK OF THE CHARACTERS. THE TOP OF THE 1920S UPRIGHT OAK PIANO WAS ALWAYS SET UP WITH A WHITE LINEN RUNNER, THE CHOIR AND OTHER FAMILY ORNAMENTS, SUCH AS THE PINECONE PEOPLE. SEVERAL CHOIRBOYS AND ANGELS WERE PASSED ONTO ME AND THE PIANO EVENTUALLY WENT TO MY HOME AS WELL. THE TRADITION OF DECORATING THE PIANO TOP CONTINUED WHILE WE LIVED IN CALGARY RIGHT UP TO THE POINT WHERE I INHERITED THE PIANO AND THE BOX OF DECORATIONS. ONCE LANNY AND I STARTED TO TRAVEL TO BC TO BE WITH OUR GIRLS, THEIR HUSBANDS AND OUR GRANDSONS AT CHRISTMAS (FROM 2003 ON), FEWER DECORATIONS WERE PUT UP." SEE PERMANENT FILE. SEE P200900330001 FOR FAMILY HISTORY.