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Warning: I am contracting a technician to migrate this site to new, upgraded software that will not keep getting hacked. My apologies for the inconvenience, especially this close to Christmas, but the site may get shut down for a few day. Our other sites will be affected too. This won't be cheap, but the LAST thing I want is for all of the great user content to become unavailable.

I've also stopped the autopayments. They don't actually support the site - they're a way to keep trolls and spammers from signing up. If you have a login, you'll still be logged in in the new system.

Our sites actually cost us about $2k a year to run, in case you wondered, and this one draws most of the resources.

I expect the fix to run in the $2500 range. Several folks have offered to chip in but I'll wait until I have firm numbers before I say anything.

Just sayin', we do what we can.

Sorry. I'll update when I know more.
- Paul


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Welcome to the Cardboard Christmas Forums

 
No unread posts Welcome to the Cardboard Christmas Forums

Family-friendly forums for discussing traditional cardboard Christmas houses, including their history, collection, restoration, recreation, and display.

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No unread posts How to Apply for Membership

Updated membership requirements.

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Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:29 am

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No unread posts Tools, Tips and Techniques

This forum is a place for our readers to pass on things they've figured out that will help other readers. Several folks who are experienced in building, collecting, and displaying putz houses stop by frequently, so check back for new ideas, and add some yourself. Any suggestions you have, things you've learned that you'd like to pass on, weird problems you need help with, all are welcome here. - Paul

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No unread posts Tell Me About My Putz House(s)

If you have an unusual piece that you have questions about, this is the place to post them. Photos are VERY welcome, though it helps if you reduce them to 800 wide before you upload them. If you can't reduce them yourself, post them anyway and I'll try to reduce them when I have time.

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No unread posts Please Post Your "House of the Month"

In honor of "Papa Ted," we're starting a new "House of the Month" forum for each member who wants to participate to post his or her own house of the month.

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No unread posts Putz Patterns

Here's a place to post patterns you want to share, link to patterns you find elsewhere on the internet, and request particular kinds of patterns you're looking for. I've moved a few existing messages here to get the forum started.

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No unread posts Putz Village Photos

Please use this forum for photos of your putz villages - some of you don't make your own houses, but you still display a lot of artistry when you combine and arrange them. And the rest of us would love to see your work. Again, it works best if you resize your photos to 800px wide or less before you upload them - Paul

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No unread posts Putz House Gallery Sites

Please post links to sites with lots of putz and putz house photos.

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No unread posts Who Am I?

If you would like to let the rest of us know a bit about you, especially if you have any special skills or knowledge that the rest of the group might be able to draw on, that would be good. Also, if you have a blog or other web resource that's related to what we do here. . .

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No unread posts Figures for Putzes and Candy Boxes

What kind of figures have been used with cardboard Christmas houses and villages, where do you get appropriate figures today, how do you make, prepair, repair or otherwise maintain figures?

Subforum: Making Putz and Candbox Figures

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No unread posts Posting Photos on Forums

When you're talking about Cardboard Christmas (putz) houses, a photo is worth TWO thousand words. Here are some notes about posting photos on this forum.

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Thu May 17, 2018 12:13 am

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No unread posts Finding Supplies

Where do you get the materials and tools you use to build or restore putz houses, lufa trees, etc.?

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No unread posts Other Holidays

Houses and accessories for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.

Subforums: Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, Patriotic Holidays, St. Patrick's Day, St. Valentines Day

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Papa Ted's Sharing Place

This is a place for sharing photos, stories, questions, answers, and cheer, especially for those who have been readers, contributors, and friends of Papa Ted's Place all these years.

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No unread posts Coconut

A place for discussing "coconut" finishes on prewar putz houses, including experiments on "rolling your own."

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No unread posts Electric Train Questions

What trains do you use with your putzes? Do you try to match period? Color? Scale? Any other discussions regarding trains and putzes.

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No unread posts My Workspace

Please share how you organize your workspace, tools, and other resources for your putz-building and related projects.

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No unread posts Christmas Kitch

Please, no blue humor, when I say tastless I mean that whoever designed this stuff was without measurable artistic sensibilities. Okay, starting this forum is probably a bad idea, but there's some pretty silly stuff out there.

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Pete's Place

We haven't had time to help Pete set up forums on his CardboardPutzHouses.com site, but this will be a place for questions about Pete's products and research.

Subforums: Pete's Collections, Coconut, Windowframes, Cellophane Windows, Stick-on Doors & Windows, Printed Doors and Windows

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