ORNAMENT, CHRISTMAS

Description: WALL HANGING, PLASTIC COVER DEPICTS RED BOW AND THREE RED BELLS WITH WHITE AND GREEN HOLLY, BROWN PINECONES AND GREEN PINE FOLIAGE. YELLOW WIRES TWISTED THROUGH HOLES AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF DECORATION. RED AND YELLOW CLOTH ELECTRICAL CORD WITH BROWN PLUG COMES OUT OF BOTTOM. PLASTIC IS NAILED AND STAPLED TO PRESSBOARD. BACK STAMPED “…MADE IN CANADA BY NOMA.” PLASTIC IS CRACKED, DENTED AND CHIPPED INTERMITTENTLY.

History: ACCORDING TO THE DONOR WENDY AITKENS, THE WALL HANGING "HUNG BESIDE THE FRONT DOOR. DAD WOULD REPLACE THE FRONT PORCH LIGHT BULB WITH AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET ADAPTER SO HE COULD LIGHT THE DECORATION BY FLIPPING THE SWITCH INSIDE THE HOUSE. THE OTHER DECORATION AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WAS TWO LARGE RED CANDLES. DAD MADE EACH ONE OF THESE OUT OF THREE LARGE TOMATO JUICE TINS THAT HE BRAZED TOGETHER, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER. HE STRUNG ELECTRICAL WIRE UP INSIDE THE TINS TO LIGHT A YELLOW CANDLE FLAME SHAPED BULB. THEY WERE PAINTED RED. NO OTHER HOUSE ON THE BLOCK HAD DECORATION LIKE OURS. THE LARGE PLASTIC SPRAY OF BOUGHS, BOWS AND BELLS MADE OUR HOUSE LOOK VERY FESTIVE. I LOVED COMING HOME AFTER DARK AND SEEING THE BRIGHT DECORATION BESIDE OUR DOOR. WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED TO CALGARY THE BOUGH AND BELLS ORNAMENT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR HOME IN THORNCLIFFE EVERY CHRISTMAS UNTIL MYSELF AND LANNY BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND MOM AND DAD MOVED TO A CONDO. THE DECORATION WAS STORED IN THE BASEMENT UNTIL LANNY AND I MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE WHEN I ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF CURATOR AT THE GALT MUSEUM. IT WAS NOT USED BY MYSELF AND LANNY BUT SAVED AND STORED AWAY IN THE BASEMENT UNTIL I OFFERED TO THE MUSEUM." SEE PERMANENT FILE SEE P20090030001 FOR FAMILY HISTORY