10 Special Painted Santas

Santas are an important part of Christmas decorating  in my house.  Rather than buying them over the years, I've enjoyed creating my painted Santas.  I began with tall wooden  Santas that stood like sentinels on my stairs each Christmas.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u59EF1NxvUdZH8C5TmcoBad_HjLrgsuS2CAMNWIvt8zo0uSdUwKsqXMykumZz3eaAHiL0RMFed-oCH9nz2uZU1zU0S4FjRnXzIKNdmSzqF0_iotPk9cFDQYfM_cnvhoDG3sQp6p8DoyK/s1600/DSCN9894_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted birdhouse santa " border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u59EF1NxvUdZH8C5TmcoBad_HjLrgsuS2CAMNWIvt8zo0uSdUwKsqXMykumZz3eaAHiL0RMFed-oCH9nz2uZU1zU0S4FjRnXzIKNdmSzqF0_iotPk9cFDQYfM_cnvhoDG3sQp6p8DoyK/s640/DSCN9894_01.JPG" title="painted birdhouse Santa " width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birdhouse Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><br />For many years  this family of Santas  provided a great topic of conversation for guests who were eager to see what the new Santa would be.  As time passed, so did  my interest in just a little too many Christmas decorations.  These  Santas now  lie in my storage room lonely, covered in dust, and  reminiscing about better times.  Perhaps they will become the illustrations for  Christmas stories for my granddaughters.  <br /><br />The Santas that still hold a special place in my heart, and get displayed on my  tree each year, are the small ornamental ones. No material was sacred: slate, driftwood, balsa wood, cinnamon sticks, light bulbs etc. . Today they all sit proudly next to glittery balls, sparkly stars and other finery.  It is never the glitz that people admire on my tree; it is always my Santas. So much for sparkle. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4i8u89I3UgkSlBuvILsZ0FjOeSqfBL3Lwkht_cJR4pGMSizZExJ26x2h9vBz_fDO0B-E7PlvDfVZ8syIYantR6AO7GpaxaBrHTtQQv8wZ84l1Z8NkQci8Why-GqnJB9lcsrAsfJwEzr7/s1600/DSCN9887_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Swedish Santa " border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4i8u89I3UgkSlBuvILsZ0FjOeSqfBL3Lwkht_cJR4pGMSizZExJ26x2h9vBz_fDO0B-E7PlvDfVZ8syIYantR6AO7GpaxaBrHTtQQv8wZ84l1Z8NkQci8Why-GqnJB9lcsrAsfJwEzr7/s640/DSCN9887_01.JPG" title="Painted Swedish Santa" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swedish Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum5jEoRY4GtfUY-IS6bwn4xLegd69344cRulTcAdXYA8c6yXia1EvCadT83we5FDAmq3nvVLhwnx6nBbwShfeie5Q8XT-_4cIogjyYZlES2DWgzk00LgB_U1celWVtpYikVp9Rqz4R95Q/s1600/DSCN9886_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="90's Driftwood Santa Designing Home" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum5jEoRY4GtfUY-IS6bwn4xLegd69344cRulTcAdXYA8c6yXia1EvCadT83we5FDAmq3nvVLhwnx6nBbwShfeie5Q8XT-_4cIogjyYZlES2DWgzk00LgB_U1celWVtpYikVp9Rqz4R95Q/s640/DSCN9886_01.JPG" title="90's Driftwood Santa " width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driftwood Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1dZ9d8Lv0OT2TEG6Vn3vNbs7pYrlUBpNXtsLEAel6ne-1b7LmQS_pOA5pS_4gtMiKE3O8b24shXOx8T76t0P3V-5GQSi4tSRYtfv8lGhzVFaYu08fvcg2lAKbOCzg2Bs-v9kRflgtosd/s1600/DSCN9884_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Holly painted Santa Designing Home" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1dZ9d8Lv0OT2TEG6Vn3vNbs7pYrlUBpNXtsLEAel6ne-1b7LmQS_pOA5pS_4gtMiKE3O8b24shXOx8T76t0P3V-5GQSi4tSRYtfv8lGhzVFaYu08fvcg2lAKbOCzg2Bs-v9kRflgtosd/s640/DSCN9884_01.JPG" title="Margaret Ryall holly Santa " width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holly Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS9p3XyqmaLG0cRAioUeOlhkX1tMVM2kDXV22B0dsqYxA4t0u1xzad99XTADYb9WV10wZiYzunPvFVoOu9NK3yNp5cpZKurFGYzzzkljNqXp1AxZ6pPbFowNDUGkj2-7BNkTQPWN6hRky/s1600/DSCN9880_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Santa striped Designing Home" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS9p3XyqmaLG0cRAioUeOlhkX1tMVM2kDXV22B0dsqYxA4t0u1xzad99XTADYb9WV10wZiYzunPvFVoOu9NK3yNp5cpZKurFGYzzzkljNqXp1AxZ6pPbFowNDUGkj2-7BNkTQPWN6hRky/s640/DSCN9880_01.JPG" title="Striped Santa Margaret Ryall" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Striped Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQeHI8AcuBihaqVGxleqeWT2TSZgPmtESSdR4kPNdCCVvUkqleIIa-g-qvB-LpneZ_XySSsT-Rs7X_bYeaLXLWLVr3Y9KW37ixcXw6X8tHBCPHo5Eqg_vItghHrmA63qA-xA3d5Gxjmkz/s1600/DSCN9879_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Santa Designing Home" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQeHI8AcuBihaqVGxleqeWT2TSZgPmtESSdR4kPNdCCVvUkqleIIa-g-qvB-LpneZ_XySSsT-Rs7X_bYeaLXLWLVr3Y9KW37ixcXw6X8tHBCPHo5Eqg_vItghHrmA63qA-xA3d5Gxjmkz/s640/DSCN9879_01.JPG" title="Green Eyed Santa Margaret Ryall" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green eyed Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVu8aVg34sQKdEhdHcYQCyQoJYCSYWIADg3QcM6BSJ4wIsxndDcFNEbBWXL2kbPSR8lZYl61lmkdBuAKMtE8VVQ3GSlztycawJqX5hBor-3IKllcJ7nK6GX4O2ShDD-Uf3wfO0SKLMksn/s1600/DSCN9863_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Santa Margaret Ryall" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVu8aVg34sQKdEhdHcYQCyQoJYCSYWIADg3QcM6BSJ4wIsxndDcFNEbBWXL2kbPSR8lZYl61lmkdBuAKMtE8VVQ3GSlztycawJqX5hBor-3IKllcJ7nK6GX4O2ShDD-Uf3wfO0SKLMksn/s640/DSCN9863_01.JPG" title="Light bulb Santa Margaret Ryall" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Light bulb Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5a_YFVMFfplyP4RCQvTekQ3_jpUnpdYvUwt4kGJMZHsOhSGo9hxB4nfHCLY7HHa8bppYjAO6A7Gn0_NafZZ2X9Wks3UNwRZZ_zIluDGxOAznaGwk7-FzdWXuGw1aQpr6i3MkrPcKKKGnl/s1600/DSCN9888_01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5a_YFVMFfplyP4RCQvTekQ3_jpUnpdYvUwt4kGJMZHsOhSGo9hxB4nfHCLY7HHa8bppYjAO6A7Gn0_NafZZ2X9Wks3UNwRZZ_zIluDGxOAznaGwk7-FzdWXuGw1aQpr6i3MkrPcKKKGnl/s640/DSCN9888_01.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long Beard Santa</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqucYFkcWxcBFWvb4z4tuwf4Rx0XhHGEsVt4D5IuFsytNTrzFDA4eJfQ1fXv2pBvMxgx20_jRSYT9lmw9Nb56unk_0OoFwhlrNN93NYy72Z_0UL-y736PBMc8tWAGQ4_vNzTmBvaxmawn/s1600/DSCN9890_01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Santa Margaret Ryall" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqucYFkcWxcBFWvb4z4tuwf4Rx0XhHGEsVt4D5IuFsytNTrzFDA4eJfQ1fXv2pBvMxgx20_jRSYT9lmw9Nb56unk_0OoFwhlrNN93NYy72Z_0UL-y736PBMc8tWAGQ4_vNzTmBvaxmawn/s640/DSCN9890_01.JPG" title="Santa Blue Eyes " width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Slate Santa Blue Eyes</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD9KvnebsnbTrTfL3RcI97PK7uWmlMlEAINNQurGSGNqiXowa61-qoL9A4uWU6VJX2-O-u1EsW-hLx3iVh60Ta72uERRxdLSiS2v1nIW2kpPRC1aybb6hqFPVUsJHlOqRZqIb-HkB_tSr/s1600/DSCN9904_01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Santa " border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD9KvnebsnbTrTfL3RcI97PK7uWmlMlEAINNQurGSGNqiXowa61-qoL9A4uWU6VJX2-O-u1EsW-hLx3iVh60Ta72uERRxdLSiS2v1nIW2kpPRC1aybb6hqFPVUsJHlOqRZqIb-HkB_tSr/s640/DSCN9904_01.JPG" title="Santa Don" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Santa Don </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym37Ck_WBk0pBXrf8BZAqSA4slpcobOlJHLbLc0tHHbUYOcilfUt3R2fh-jQ-qI3nAmWIsXnvn7wmXIM-kazYGP15uXf8gWWYVsZzq02objfT7KsLS1lk1ElHskvyFtAdMYTud_cFAJTT/s1600/DSCN9899_01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painted Santa " border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym37Ck_WBk0pBXrf8BZAqSA4slpcobOlJHLbLc0tHHbUYOcilfUt3R2fh-jQ-qI3nAmWIsXnvn7wmXIM-kazYGP15uXf8gWWYVsZzq02objfT7KsLS1lk1ElHskvyFtAdMYTud_cFAJTT/s640/DSCN9899_01.JPG" title="Cinnamon Santa " width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon Santa </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>What special ornaments hold a place in your yearly  Christmas decor?

10 Special Painted Santas

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