{"id":2419,"date":"2009-12-11T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2009-12-09T23:42:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T04:42:19","slug":"geeky-christmas-ornaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/11\/geeky-christmas-ornaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Geeky Christmas Ornaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just thought I would share some of the geeky Christmas ornaments that adorn our tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love the Spider-Man ornament below.\u00a0 It&#8217;s got great detailing and the webs in each hand are cool!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Spider-Man Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_spider-man1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is a cute Santa-Spidey!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Spider-Man Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_spider-man2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find a nice <em>Scooby-Doo<\/em> Mystery Machine below, complete with rolling wheels, Christmas tree on top, and Scooby in bas-relief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Scooby-Doo Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_scooby1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scooby-Doo the reindeer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Scooby-Doo Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_scooby3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scooby baking Christmas cookies in the shape of himself and Shaggy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Scooby-Doo Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_scooby4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is a miniaturized replica of a <em>Scooby-Doo<\/em> metal lunchbox.\u00a0 Unfortunately, my three year old daughter has pilfered the thermos that went with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Scooby-Doo Lunchbox Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_scooby2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is an interesting Batman and Robin pairing.\u00a0 Robin is clearly the Tim Drake Robin, but Batman isn&#8217;t wearing blue trunks.\u00a0 That suggests this is the Batman from shortly after the <em>Troika <\/em>storyline in 1995.\u00a0 &#8230; Wow, it&#8217;s scary I know things like that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Batman &amp; Robin Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_batman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is a genuine <em>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<\/em> ornament from 1982.\u00a0 Somehow I&#8217;ve managed to hang on to it all this time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_et2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is another <em>E.T.<\/em> ornament from 1982 I&#8217;ve somehow managed not to lose.\u00a0 This one is handmade.\u00a0 I believe my mother bought it at a craft show in 1982.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_et1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is another miniaturized replica metal lunchbox.\u00a0 This time it&#8217;s from the <em>Super Friends<\/em>, including images of Flash, Batgirl, Green Arrow, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin, Hawkman, and Green Lantern.\u00a0 The thermos features Catwoman, the Joker, and the Riddler.\u00a0 Oddly enough I don&#8217;t believe Batgirl or Green Arrow ever appeared on the <em>Super Friends<\/em> show, and yet they made the lunch box.\u00a0 Weird.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Super Friends Lunchbox Christmas Ornament with Batgirl, Green Arrow, Flash, and Catwoman\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_superfriends.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below the likeness of Barry Allen, The Flash, is captured between the seconds as he races to beat 20 years of continuity and come back from the dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Barry Allen the Flash Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_flash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Superman from the Animated Series is delivering Christmas toys in this cool ornament below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Superman the Animated Series Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_superman1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another miniature replica metal lunchbox below.\u00a0 This time it&#8217;s a Superman lunchbox paying homage to the cover of <em>Action Comics<\/em> #1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Superman Action Comics Lunchbox Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_superman2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is a clever Clark Kent ornament.\u00a0 Notice the detail of the coat hanger and the jacket.\u00a0 Nicely done!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clark Kent changing into Superman Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_clarkkent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, my favorite geek ornament&#8230; Super Santa!\u00a0 Another gift from my mother from my childhood.\u00a0 I like the crossover between Superman and Santa Claus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Super-Santa Christmas Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ornament_supersanta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2419\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/11\/geeky-christmas-ornaments\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2419\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/11\/geeky-christmas-ornaments\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/11\/geeky-christmas-ornaments\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/11\/geeky-christmas-ornaments\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2419\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/11\/geeky-christmas-ornaments\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just thought I would share some of the geeky Christmas ornaments that adorn our tree. 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