Note: This is an archive of "Papa" Ted Althof's online tribute to cardboard Christmas "putz" houses and their history. At Ted's request, this archive was established in early 2012. Except for critical updates and announcements, it will remain exactly as Ted left it in October, 2012.
For more information, please scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Martha Stewart Living
December, 2005

Martha Stewart Christmas magazine cover

Papa Ted's Place" is proud and honored to have received mention in the Christmas issue of Martha Stewart Living in 2005. I was flattered to be able to assist author Douglas Brenner in his research for the lovely article on the old Christmas houses entitled "Winter Wonderland" ( page 158.)

However, that is all I did.

I still get inquiries about these several years later. Some people mistakenly think that the gorgeous pictures shown are of my houses and some even think they are for sale. This is simply not the case. I have no idea whose houses those are, or where the photographer found them. Author Brenner probably doesn't either. The photography and written text were two separate assignments, and it is quite likely that author and photographer have never met. That's how it's done in these modern, high-tech media days!

They certainly are a lovely bunch of old Christmas houses! Wouldn't you love to have them! So would I! You can bet that who ever owns them spent many years and many dollars assembling such a magnificent collection.



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Note: This archive was set up at Ted's request in early 2012, and, except for critical updates and
announcements, will remain exactly as Ted left it in October, 2012.
The archive is kept online with the help of volunteers from:

Visit the FamilyChristmasOnline site for Christmas music, stories, craft resources and much more.
Visit the OldChristmasTreeLights site for the history of Christmas tree lighting, including Bubble Lights and more.
Visit our collection of resources for collecting, restoring, and making your own cardboard Christmas houses.
Visit Howard Lamey's glitterhouse gallery, with free project plans, graphics, and instructions.
Check out  a very active, quality craft and collectibles blog (with local news of Croton NY).
Resources for making seasonal villages and model railroads for O, S, and On30 model railroading