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Christmas Carol

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Jingle Bells Golden Classic Hat

Greetings and welcome to Hattingdon’s selection of Christmas hats for 2024.

We kick off the festivities with this golden classic hat — embellished with a trio of jolly white jingle bells. We named the hat Carol.

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Isn’t she pretty?

Oh, by the way. Did you know there is some debate concerning where the song Jingle Bells comes from?

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Two different towns, hundreds of miles apart, both claim to be the birthplace of the iconic song. While Massachusetts-born Pierpont was living in Savannah, Georgia, he had what would be “Jingle Bells” published and copyrighted under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” in 1857.

However, many claim the tune was written years earlier at the Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, insisting the author was inspired by his childhood home of Medford where the winters are more apt for sleigh riding.

Jingle bells are sleigh bells, by the way. See you on Thursday!

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Updated 12/04/24

Buy Nothing Day

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Just in case you missed it. Have you seen this? —Hattingdon.

Buy Nothing Day is a day of protest against consumerism. In North America, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, Buy Nothing Day is held the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, concurrent with Black Friday; elsewhere, it is held the following day, which is the last Saturday in November.

Created by artist Ted Dave and promoted by magazine and nonprofit Adbusters, Buy Nothing Day encourages people not to shop for one day.

Participants may participate in a variety of anti-consumerist and philanthropic activities, such as donating winter coats or marching through stores. Some activists have also extended Buy Nothing Day to cover the entire Christmas shopping season.

As of 2001, Buy Nothing Day was observed in over 35 countries. In the late 1990s, Adbusters created a TV commercial to promote Buy Nothing Day in the US, but most television stations refused to air it. Some commentators, particularly business groups, have criticized the event, claiming that it is economically destructive.

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Stella Classic

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Hello and welcome. Today we share with you a delightful and loveable, lavender Classic Hat featuring stripes and a trio of adorable hearts in crisp white. Vivian named the hat Stella. Here she is. Isn’t she sweet?

Stella Hattingdon Classic hat.
Stella Hattingdon Classic.

The Color

Full of grace and youth, lavender is a light hearted color that symbolizes tender romance, feminity and delicacy. As the color of self-care, lavender instills a sense of regalness, relaxation and cleanliness. It is an excellent color for meditation. For more go to Colors Explained »

Oh! Forgot to say. The Stella Classic is brand new.

Bye for now. Thank you for spending time with us. HATTINGDON.

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Peggy

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This is such a gorgeous hat. We have rarely blogged it and not sure why. It is such a lovely work of art.

Records show Vivian created it on September 16, 2016, and named the hat Peggy. No doubt about it —this is one of her very best.

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So vibrant. The choice of colors. Her use of them. Amazing. You can tell we are in love with it. We hope you are too.

Thank you for spending time with us. —Hattingdon Horses.

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