When he realized his was ill, Ted contacted Paul Race, who had recently started CardboardChristmas.com to establish this archive of his "Putz house" site. Ted also started answering questions and interacting with his readers on the Cardboard Christmas Forums page. Sadly, Ted isn't there to answer questions any more, but most of Ted's friends and colleagues have stuck around. So if you have any questions or want to see what's currently happening in the world of putz houses and related collectibles, please check it out.

In the meantime we appreciate Ted's diligence, his generousity, and his love of Christmas traditions. We are keeping this site online so that Ted's hard work can inform, encourage, and bless other lovers of Christmas tradition for years to come. We also want to express our ongoing thankfulness for the folks who showed so much support in his last months.

If you would like more information about what has happened to Ted's site and resources, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

If you need to contact us please use the Cardboard Christmas contact page.

To paraphrase Dickens, Ted was a man who:

honored Christmas in his heart, and tried to keep it all the year.

I don't think there is a more fitting tribute than to follow his example.

Paul Race, Howard Lamey, Maria Cudequest, Nan Corby, Jack Ahearn, Linda Starek, Tom Hull, Antoinette Stockenberg, Lynn Disley, Lissa Leto, and the rest of the CardboardChristmas.com family.