In this issue:

Fairly Valuable Coupons

New old products

Seasonal stuff

New glass selections

Big, BIG news

Here we find ourselves once again contributing to the cacophony known as the "Christmas Shopping Season", which, oddly enough, seems to begin at an earlier date each year. Averse as we are to joining the retail lemmings who vex you with an endless barrage of "holiday" nonsense, we must take into account that we offer craft supplies, after all; and actually executing crafts (if that is what one does with crafts) takes time. The stained glass craft in particular requires a bit more time than other crafts. And some of you slowpokes -- well, let's just leave it right there.

Some of the seasonal items featured herein can be created and enjoyed any time between now and the first thaw, but for those of you who celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah or the Winter Solstice and want to put your creations out for all to see, you had better get started, pronto. Especially you slowpokes. Click on the snowflake to jump to the seasonal stuff.

New old products

Just a couple of things we found while cleaning out the attic

#6750 Wooden Fid

We thought we'd sold these out years ago, but we found an unopened box on a dusty shelf. Used by sailors to assist in the twisting and splicing of rigging lines, a fid is also used by some stained glass artists to open lead channels, burnish copper foil, scratch backs, and perform endless other tasks that would probably never even have occured to us had we not heard it with our own ears. Sometimes you just need a fid. There are many folk who prefer the newfangled plastic lead openers, but we'll keep these around for you Luddites out there. Not for the fid-challenged. $1.98 each   Click here to start shopping now.

#7863 Tricolor 40mm Round Jewel

These have been in a box, wrapped in paper labeled "Made in West Germany", and have remained unopened and untouched since before the fall of the Iron Curtain. We sold some these in the past, but took them out of circulation because (so the story goes) someone wanted to buy them all. Well, we didn't want to sell them all. Limit 3 per customer. So there.

$4.95 each   Click here to start shopping now.

The requisite seasonal stuff

We thought we'd take this opportunity to apprise you of all the Christmasy, wintry items we regularly have in stock. We'll try to be brief.

The next time you hear from us we will tell you about a few more such things, because we are bound to have forgotten something, seeing as we are getting on in years. Sometimes it really is hard to keep track of everything.

Glass etching

Armour Rub-n-Etch stencils $4.25 each

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Music box projects and suncatcher kits

The music box packages come complete with patterns, uncut glass, and the odd accoutremonts unique to each package (bells, wires, turnatables and the like). They do not include foil and solder.

#0436 Christmas Sleigh Package This was not originally a music box project, but it had an Extreme Makeover recently and... read more... $21.95   Click here to order.	#0435 Christmas Tree Package Our Christmas tree is 7" high and sits on a 6" diameter platform which slowly turns, while the music box... read more.... $21.95   Click here to order.
#0427 Carolers Package Perched atop a rotating music box, our 2-1/2" high musicians are capable of belting out your choice of 15 different Christmas carols... read more.... $21.95   Click here to order.	Holiday Ornaments These suncatcher kits are about as basic as it gets. We cut the glass for you, and supply you with the lead and the hanging wire. Just wrap the pieces in the lead provided, and solder it. From $3.80. Click here to read more or to order.

Music Box Movements

These musical movements play a melody for three minutes on a single winding. Size: 1-1/16"H x 2-3/16"W x 1-7/8"D.

$4.45 each. Quantity discounts available.
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Just a few of our Christmas and holiday books

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New glass selections

We've added some new glass to our huge stock:

Fairly Important News

Under new management

The venerable company of Whittemore-Durgin has officially changed hands, and is now owned and managed by the daughter and son-in-law of the former owner, who retired after 40 years of thankless hard work. Perhaps now he can sleep in on occasion.

The new youngsters at the helm insist that they will continue to run things as they have been run in the past, but clearly this is not so. The entire accounting system here has been overhauled and computerized, as has the inventory, purchasing and shipping departments (although they assure me that all of your purchases will still be gently packed by hand, and no robots will be employed in any capacity whatsoever). These whippersnappers claim that these changes will allow us to serve our customers more efficiently. We'll just have to see about that. What's more, they have told me they are redesigning the website "top to bottom."

If you have any requests, suggestions or comments, do not come crying to me, I implore you. Please direct your inquiries, etc., to info@whittemoredurgin.com .

Our regular Monday Stained Glass Classes begin again December 4

Stained glass courses are once again being offered at our Rockland factory, whereby you can learn the rudiments of the truly enjoyable craft of stained glass in a relatively short time. The total cost for this course is $70 for beginners, $60 for advanced, which covers instruction for 8 weekly, 2-hour sessions as well as the use of the tools in the classroom during that period. Please call us at (800) 262-1790, or click here to visit the Stained Glass Classes page of our website if you are interested in joining us. Both day and evening classes are available. It's fun. Really.

This is the last time that we will offer these classes at this incredibly low rate. We don't yet know what the increase will be, but we really must raise the price in 2007, at least a little bit.

From the mailbag

Dear WD,

As usual, the shipping box looked like it had been kicked for a field goal more than once, BUT also as usual the 22 sq. ft. of stained glass arrived without a crack and all intact!

Thank you again,
A Returning Customer

Dear Returning Customer,

I guess old football players never die, they just get jobs at UPS.

Thank you for the positive feedback.

Yours Truly,

Early A. Consternation
Manager of Externals
Whittemore-Durgin Glass Co.