Oren's Christmas Gifts

*tummy rumbling, can't begin the typing process without some breakfast by side.*

*gets up, waits for a bagel to be toasted and buttered*

*done. sits back down to computer, breakfast and of course coffee*

*takes a sip, gets ready for post*

Anytime I get a PWE, a package or a good sized box from friend and reader of this blog Oren, I never know what he has found or will be sending. Even if we are doing a trade.

Which always makes the mystery fun.

This time Oren sent a mystery box of Christmas goodies including the 2007 Topps Santa Claus set I opened this post with.

And the Christmas cards were not done from there.

 

In the box also was the complete 1994 In The Pursuit Of Justice OJ Simpson card set that had its own Christmas card.

 

There was also a Christmas Sweater (the multi color ones are the best ones)

Then came some packages to open, stay tuned for that in a new segment. Fingers crossed on a Danny Tanner from Laffs to replace the one in my set!

A couple of cards for my non-sport PC.

Kurt Warner /99

And Terrell Davis /25 Player Of The Day parallel cards. I have never seen these before, pretty cool side collection adds.

This will always be one of my favorite Wave Of The Future designs with the liquid in the card. I didn't know they made these for baseball, maybe a new chase?

Alias Relic. First one of these in my non-sports PC.

This was pretty cool, Bill Erwin was all across TV and Movies. Including The Drew Carey show, Twilight Zone, I Love Lucy, Perry Mason and even Seinfeld to name a few. This fits perfectly in my Seinfeld PC. This marks my second autograph of a character from the show.

I don't know who Ryan Stasik is, but I may check into his music after Googling him.

Relic, not worn by comedic Genius Mel Brooks, but is a World War II relic worn by someone. I think Spaceballs is probably among one of the best parody movies out there. Though I give Robin Hood Men In Tights the slight edge. Another Brooks parody.

This is a unique addition to the collection, a Max Patkin autograph. Known as the "Clown Prince Of Baseball", he put on 4,000 appearances in his comedic career.

And this wasn't my complete mail day from Oren either. You will have to check out my NY Giants additions over at Big Blue Cardboard. If you haven't yet, go follow that blog and add it to your blogroll.

Thanks again to Oren for the unique Christmas gift.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

This is only the beginning of my Christmas mail day reveals. I have many more left to show off.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Santa Clauses

*takes a sip. cards nearby, breakfast as well, its time for some Cards Over Coffee*

14 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS

When I say breakfast is nearby....

I probably should have put that as "breakfast". One of my favorite treats this time of year are the Little Debbie Christmas Tree cakes. I hadn't tried the chocolate one until this year and it's not even close to as good as the original.

And before you say, you shouldn't be eating that stuff for breakfast, with decaf coffee I need the extra boost some days. Also, I should also update my weight loss as I am now only three pounds away from my goal :) So a Christmas Tree cake here and there isn't going to kill me and if it does, I will die happy.

*opens up the first cake, takes a bite, takes a sip, another bite and sip and gets ready for the cards portion*

This week will be a busy one for me as I prepare for family coming from afar to do an early Christmas with us. There are a lot of preparations I must do before they arrive such as house cleaning, filling the fridge and making some goodies along with being sure to have their gifts wrapped.

I am sure up at the North Pole this week, they must be busy as well.

If Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer special told us anything, it told us that Mrs. Claus is spending all of her time right now getting Santa fat. That's got to be the life.

And I am sure the Big Man himself is soaking it all in while checking all of his naughty and nice lists along with all of the kid's requests. I hope he got my list I posted a few weeks ago. Only other thing I would add is a Dunkin' Gift Card and an eBay one.

 

Hopefully while the Clauses are busy, they remember to leave Frosty in the Christmas snow and not bring him in to help with the Christmas preparations.

Or there will be some wet cleanup on aisle Claus.

Luckily for me, I will have some time this week without appointments and other errands to get things prepped. Though it would have been nice to have some elves to help and to have the Mrs get me fatter with some extra treats.

*takes a sip, finishes up first cake before closing up today's post*

There are other relics I need to add to my Christmas collection above that aren't strictly based on sports. I really enjoy the novelty ones that Topps puts out every year. One of the next ones I hope to get is the Elf relic. I am not sure if they have a reindeer one yet, but that would be on there as well.

I hope all of you have a magnificent Monday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

90's On The 9th:1994 TCM Santa Around The World Pack Break

*takes a sip, gets ready for today's 90's on the 9th*

16 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS

I can't believe we are only 16 days til Christmas. Luckily for me, I am well prepared and all wrapped. It's go time baby!

Today I am doing my very first pack break in this segment while also doing the very first Christmas 90's On The 9th as well. Even though this segment lags when it comes to views and comments, I will continue it on for at least this month.

*takes a sip*

Last Christmas I was mailed, hold on a second you probably thought I was going to sing the Wham song right? Well, I was humming it but today isn't a singing or lyrical post.

I am strictly opening a pack of 1994 TCM Santa Around the World that I was mailed five packs of last Christmas by the legendary Wes.

Here is what the packs look like. I honestly am hoping for a Gold Foil Santa. How cool would that be?

Each pack comes with 8 cards. The cards have a green border with a mistletoe in the corner and a candy cane down one side.

The 72 card set covers late-19th Century to mid-20th Century Santa paintings from different parts of the world. Those parts include, USA, Holland, Asia, France, Germany, Switzerland, England, Belgium, Mexico, and Scandanavia.

Let's see how it goes,

 

While the fronts capture these paintings, the backs form a 70-card puzzle image of a Santa Bear.

Sorry for not picturing those.

No gold Santa in this pack, maybe the next one will as Wes sent along 5 packs. Maybe I will open one next year.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

That was a fun break, especially looking at the different images painted and used on the cards.

Hope everyone reading this today has a great Saturday and weekend.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*