{"id":2143,"date":"2016-12-28T10:50:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2016-12-28T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T22:37:31","slug":"batteries-not-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=2143","title":{"rendered":"Batteries not included"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I dragged out my Christmas stuff after all these years, I came across Bowser Holly, a delightful part of the Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n

\"KODAK<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course I originally bought him (I can tell it’s a boy by the voice) because he reminded me of Miss P and I would tease her with him. \u00a0 And after I found a small Phillips head screwdriver, replaced the batteries and removed the corrosion, he started to sing again. \u00a0 He sings and barks his way through “Deck the Halls” in a very engaging version.<\/p>\n

\"KODAK<\/a><\/p>\n

This is my other singing battery operated Christmas decoration\/toy that I got two years ago. \u00a0I include him in Christmas just because he is a reindeer wearing a scarf. \u00a0He sings “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands”, not a very seasonal tune. \u00a0 But he is cute and he claps his hands and raises his ears, and is generally adorable.<\/p>\n

\"KODAK<\/a><\/p>\n

The Three Stooges are not part of Christmas, but they do have batteries so I’m including them in this post. \u00a0 These were sold as “dog toys”, although they are quickly demolished by any competent dog. \u00a0 (I sent a set to my fellow Stooge fan and brother. \u00a0 His dog took an instant dislike to Larry and killed him at the first opportunity). \u00a0 They don’t have any moving parts, but when squeezed they feature voices of the actors.<\/p>\n

\"KODAK<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear Rex is the senior among these battery operated marvels. \u00a0 I probably bought him in 1985, and he has gotten a little arthritic over the years. \u00a0But his eyes still glow and his jaws still move. \u00a0 He is the king of the collection. \u00a0 He is somewhat modeled on Godzilla, and as I recently argued on Facebook, Godzilla is part of Christmas too (at least if you live in Japan, where he is part of every holiday).<\/p>\n

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When I dragged out my Christmas stuff after all these years, I came across Bowser Holly, a delightful part of the Christmas decorations. Of course I originally bought him (I can tell it’s a boy by the voice) because he reminded me of Miss P and I would tease her with him. \u00a0 And after … Continue reading Batteries not included<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toys"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}