Janet Bailey’s collection of Santas is diverse, unique and rich in culture, representing the 20+ nations from which they originated. Bailey, technical services manager at the Abilene Public Library, might not have foreseen that when she received a Santa figurine as a Secret Santa gift during her freshman year at Pepperdine University in 1984. But just a year later, while … [Read more...]
Christmas Collections: Jan Woodward’s Christmas Mice
Jan Woodward, former Abilene Reporter-News columnist, said she has always had a penchant for little creatures, especially dressed up in tiny clothes. “I’ve just always thought they were cute,” Woodward said. On a visit to see her grandmother in West Virginia, Woodward and her mother met one of her grandmother’s neighbors who made crafty Christmas ornaments, one of which … [Read more...]