I HAD a very nice interesting casino chip hobby for many, many years ... up until Atlantic City casinos stopped issuing them ... and no new A.C. casino openings are on the immediate horizon. Brenda and I do look forward to attending the annual conventions though.

The Christmas Village distraction is only for a few months out of the year. Flea markets and yard sales are a great source of additional pieces to the village collection as are the heavily discounted sales at Kohls just before Christmas.