Feeney’s 2017, Philadelphia’s Best Christmas Store

e*Train Issue: Jan 2018 | Posted in: Collecting, Hobby Shops

First and foremost, the Blessed Reason for the Season is available for indoor and outdoor use.

By JS Halajko, TCA 84-20653 Winter 2018

Editor’s Note: Christmas shopping stories typically involve recollections of visiting department stores, with their train displays. Here, our distinguished member has ventured to a local source of inspiration and wonderful things to put around the tree. JS and Joanie found several of the trees had trains! See if you can find them in these pictures.

My wife, Joanie, and I took an early holiday trip to Feeney’s Open House in November 2017. The photos that follow are from our adventure to Philadelphia’s Best Christmas Store, where you can find wonderful Christmas decorations and the knowledgeable staff who can help you place your favorite item into your tree. The photos represent a sample of their work.

The link at the end of the article has over 100 photographs that I shot at their store.

I hope you enjoy the pictures and the spritit they represent as much as we did.

Here is a sample of their life-sized displays:

Their nutcrackers make great gondola loads for G and Standard Gauge

You will find some trains and train related items throughout the store.
HO HO HO!

During the Open House they do great presentations where you can learn how to put a rocking horse, Department 56 Building or your favorite gift into your Christmas tree. Tree support is paramount. I recommend using a piece of plywood at least 36″ by 36″ to reinforce the tree stand to prevent the tree from toppling over. Mine came from the leftover 3/8′ plywood from Layout III.

Holy Cow, they even show you which LED lights can be stepped on without damage.

So, take a relaxing break and make it to Feeney’s early in the Christmas Season of 2018.

Santa will thank you!

Here is a link to more pictures: http://pix.sfly.com/CFrgFRNE. You can join Shutterfly for free to print the pictures or view the slideshow.

Shop Amazon and Help TCA

TCA members who shop at Amazon.com can have each of their normal purchases generate a modest payment to TCA! And it won’t cost you anything!

The Train Collectors Association is now a participant with AmazonSmile, which is a special website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

The difference is that when customers shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

The process is simple. Just search for and select Train Collectors Association when you sign up and shop at smile.amazon.com.

You use your regular Amazon.com username and password, but when you log in to smile.amazon.com, you’ll see that you are supporting TCA with your purchases:

Note that if you just log in to the regular amazon.com, this benefit does not operate.

There are no costs to either you or TCA, but TCA benefits!

This is a great way for TCA to earn extra cash to offset costs, so sign up today to help support TCA.

* Note: TCA is not a party to any of your Amazon transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors.

Helping TCA with your ebay purchases when you use PayPal

If you’re an ebay user and have a PayPal account you use to make payments, you can designate a donation for TCA when you’re checking out — any amount, small or large.
If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can pre-designate a percentage of your sales to be donated automatically in your name to TCA as long as the purchaser pays with their PayPal account.

In both cases, you will receive a donation receipt from the PayPal Giving Fund, and enjoy applicable tax advantages.

How to do it:

Click on the image above, or use this link. This will take you to ebay, where you will see the following page (log in to ebay if you are not already):

This offers TCA as an option. Click on the “Add to My Charities” button where indicated with the red arrow. Thereafter, when you make a purchase, at checkout you will be offered the option to make a donation to TCA in any amount of your choosing. Small amounts add up, larger ones are great! It’s always up to you!

The option will appear at the lower part of your checkout page, something like this:

If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can allocate a portion of your sales proceeds to be donated to TCA. Look at the green arrow marked “Optional” above to see how to do it. Details on how ebay calculates the donation may be read here. This is a wonderful way to share the financial benefits of your hobby with the organization that promotes it!

An added benefit to TCA is that these donations are not subject to normal processing fees, so that makes your donation work harder!

* Note. TCA is not a party to any of your eBay transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors. PayPal issues the receipts to you for your donation, not TCA.

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