2014

The plan was to just do a blog of one year of ties ......
.... but then on Christmas day all these new ones arrived...........

... stay tuned for 2014!!

year of ties .....

And so that is it …. The end of a year of ties

Thank you to all who have been entertained by the selection

To watch the whole year in one video visit:

http://youtu.be/5H7SZpHxTrc

tie one hundred and eighty one

Friday 20th December 2013

Carol service in church this afternoon then school ended for Christmas.

Here is the final tie...

(from George at Asda)

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tie one hundred and eighty

Thursday 19th December 2013

A simple yet sophisticated tie (it still plays a tune) ... 
silk - from the late 1990s

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tie one hundred and seventy nine

Wednesday 18th December 2013

A tie featuring what is possibly Santa's photo collection 

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Tuesday 17th December 2013

Name those reindeer ......... (great pub quiz question)

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Monday 16th December 2013

A tie of personal Christmas cards Santa might send ..... pure silk 'Gold City'

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Friday 13th December 2013

Rudolph the rose nosed reindeer didn't have a very shiny nose ... he had red flashing eyes and played a tune!

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tie one hundred and seventy five

Thursday 12th December 2013

Santa goes skiing down the diagonal slopes ..... Italian made - silk

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tie one hundred and seventy four

Wednesday 11th December 2013

A full Christmas tree ..... unfortunately I'm not really tall enough to fit it all in
... and it took ages to tie the tie so the star was at the knot

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tie one hundred and seventy three

Tuesday 10th December 2013

A sort of Christmas card combination in 100% pure silk

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tie one hundred and seventy two

Monday 9th December 2013

A Santa tie with a regular pattern   .. very shimmery and silver
(and it plays a tune too!)

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Staff Christmas dinner ..... so a classy sensible tie

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Thank You

Thank you to who ever sent this animated version of tie from 4th December

ties one hundred and sixty nine and one hundred and seventy

Friday 6th December 2013

The snowman and his evil twin......
Could not decide which one to wear so I wore them both at the same time

but which one is the evil twin?

the one with the flashing red eyes!

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Thursday 5th December 2013

Almost Tolkienian .... quite tasteful .... like a neat wall paper pattern

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Wednesday 4th  December 2013

Let it snow!!!! Must be cold ... Santa has a red nose (and it lights up)

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Tuesday 3rd December 2013

Golf! .... Even Santa deserves a day off ....

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Monday 2nd December 2013

New week, new month, new hair cut 

und der Wiehachtsmann arrives

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tie one hundred and sixty four

Friday 29th November 2013

The evil teddy bear returns!
It looks so innocent but ...... 
With red flashing eyes and a demented Christmas tune the evil teddy bear tie makes its annual appearance. 
Always a favourite....

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evil eyes

tie one hundred and sixty three

Thursday 28th November 2013

Advent calendars at the ready ... 
the count down to Christmas is nearly here ...

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tie one hundred and sixty two

Wednesday 27th November 2013

Snowman with flashing red eyes..............

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tie one hundred and sixty one

Tuesday 26th November 2013

Never sure what this tie is supposed to depict.....
it seems to be a dog Santa Claus surrounded by a tree and hanging decorations 
... and it plays Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 
when you press a concealed button

tie one hundred and sixty

Monday 25th November 2013

In the immortal words of Noddy Holder.... 
'are you hanging up you socking on the wall...'
(yes it is a bit early)

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tie one hundred and fifty nine

Friday 22nd November 2013

Bubbles ........ in abundance

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tie one hundred and fifty eight

Thursday 21st November 2013

Father Christmas heading for the roof tops....
this tie once played a tune while Santa's eyes flashed .... 
but sadly the mechanism no longer operates 

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tie one hundred and fifty seven

Wednesday 20th November 2013

I really like this one .... probably one of the first Christmas ties I collected ...
there must be a story in the picture ........ just make one up

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