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If you're a fisherman, your Santa could hold a tackle box, rod and reel; if you love teddy bears, Santa does, too. If you're nostalgic for the toys of your childhood, Santa's pack will be filled with miniature versions of your favorite toys.'Each Santa has its own unique personality,' Kline said. 'No two are ever alike.'Her Santa collectibles have porcelain faces and hands and are trimmed with real fur, satin, silk and velvet fabrics. The beards are made with sheared sheep wool and Mohair and carefully constructed, strand by strand.When Kline gets an order, she spends weeks scouring local flea markets and antique stores in search of authentic old-fashioned trinkets and toys to outfit her Santa dolls.Each doll takes about four to six weeks to complete and she only does one doll at a time, Kline said.'My custom Santas are heirlooms so everything has to be top of the line,' she said.They run $300 to $400 dollars each and she only makes five or six a year.Kline has a few Santas in her home, too.'If they don't sell I'm fine with it - I just keep them,' she said. 'After all that time and effort involved in creating them, it's sometimes a little hard to part with them.'

The idea started around 27 years ago when Nguyen Thanh Liem, then 30, was working at a beauty parlor at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
He wanted to one day open a museum of Hollywood memorabilia in Vietnam.
Liem had a steady clientele of famous stars who would sign autographs and leave their photos.
Many were actors from silent movies, while others were from popular western and action films.
With a growing passion for old artifacts and collectibles, Liem enlarged his collection and entered the antique business in 1990.
He continued to expand his collection and eventually was able to open more shops.
Now therere enough for a museum, he said.
The collection includes around 2,000 signed photos of Hollywood stars from the silent movie era, costumes, love letters, and stamps. There are even several sections of a unique 23-room wooden house he purchased in Los Angeles

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