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Toys From Under Christmas Trees Of Yore

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A Christmas village at the Clinton Academy features little houses made in Japan

A Christmas village at the Clinton Academy features little houses made in Japan

Germany and Czechoslovakia. KYRIL BROMLEY

Germany and Czechoslovakia. KYRIL BROMLEY

Mary Busch

Mary Busch

a trustee

a trustee

recreated a Christmas village from her childhood for the East Hampton Historical Society's exhibit of toys at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

recreated a Christmas village from her childhood for the East Hampton Historical Society's exhibit of toys at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

Mary Busch

Mary Busch

a trustee

a trustee

recreated a Christmas village from her childhood for the East Hampton Historical Society's exhibit of toys at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

recreated a Christmas village from her childhood for the East Hampton Historical Society's exhibit of toys at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A doll snuggled in a sleigh in the current toy exhibit organized by the East Hampton Historical Society at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A doll snuggled in a sleigh in the current toy exhibit organized by the East Hampton Historical Society at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

Mary Clarke's father's castle joins forces with Maureen Bluedorn's father's lead soldiers in the toy exhibit at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

Mary Clarke's father's castle joins forces with Maureen Bluedorn's father's lead soldiers in the toy exhibit at the Clinton Academy. KYRIL BROMLEY

By Virginia Garrison on Dec 18, 2012
Old-fashioned toys are like nutmeg or cinnamon at Christmastime, evoking real and imagined memories, like legendary snowfalls and parents in stocking caps and trees flickering with actual candles. Underneath a... more

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