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| Our son and daughter-in-law, Guy and Nathalie, who are always on the look-out for Christmas items for me, now living in Spain and have a B&B in Montefrio. |
Ex-General Motors colleagues, who have been very generous in letting me have their old Christmas ornaments: Liliane - Wim - Tilly - Louisa - Miriam - Fa Van Ham - Jef Van Genechten - Dolf - Fa Van Gorp - Staf - C. Backeljauw - Fa Meyer - Rita - Fa Brams - Fa Goossens - Mr. & Mevr. F. Paquier - Fa Strobbe |
| My sister and brother in law, who are responsible for the incentive of starting the Advent calendar collection |
| All the owners of the favorite sites |
| Robert Iwamasa, expert on figural lights and author of two very specialized books |
| Peter Nicolaus, specialized in Advent calendars and co-author of several books |
| Anders Jansson, curator Kulturen, a museum for cultural history in Lund, Sweden |
| Ilse, Ira and Willy, Wim and Jasmien, friends |
| Evelyne Gasser, collector of Advent calendars, nativity and St. Nicolas |
| Esther Gajek, author of a very well known book and specialized in Reichhold & Lang |
| Yvonneke, who had a shop "De Snuffeldoos" in the Kloosterstraat in Antwerp |
| Mimmu Takalo, who has given information on Swedish advent calendars and paper stand-ups, and has an interesting site on scraps |
| Frank Paul for his assistance in dating Stanniol/Lametta and with the Latin text |
| Susanne Schmidt for additional information on the Kubasta nativities. |