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	<description>Nobody can tell when a tradition begins, but hundreds of families have started with Vaillancourt Chalkware.</description>
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		<title>Save up to 40% for Christmas in July!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 1 &#8211; July 31 Although Christmas in July has been a popular store event for Vaillancourt Folk Art since the mid 1980&#8242;s, we&#8217;ve realized that not all of our customers and collectors are from the New England area. To celebrate Christmas in July, starting in 2008, we&#8217;ve launched our on-line Christmas in July celebration! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in July 1988</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Custom Limited Edition • #2 of 75 • Retired Mold In June 2010, a 1988 Santa in Sleigh was auctioned off. The number 2 piece sold for an astounding $2,025. As with all Vault Pieces, this piece was shipped to the auction winner including a certificate of authenticity, a history of the piece, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First 5 Tiny Santas Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For each month in 2010, Vaillancourt Folk Art will be releasing a new chalkware piece for the Tiny Series, designed by Judi Vaillancourt. This month, the 5th chalkware piece in the series, The Tiny May Flowers Father Christmas, has been introduced. Join our eNewsletter broadcast to be the first to know when the next piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Bunny</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, February 9th, Vaillancourt Folk Art added a new mould to their collection—a rabbit that stands about 3-feet tall. The pouring of this piece took a little extra help—as it is a messy job, the helpers had to be creative in covering their clothes. The Big Bunny, before being placed into the drying room, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show your collection!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vaillancourt Folk Art</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been collecting our Chalkware? Do you have some great technique or useages for our products when you decorate? Please feel free to submit photos of your decorations for us to use in our Collector&#8217;s Corner]]></description>
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		<title>What America Did with Saint Nicholas: A History of the American Santa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Stanley DeCamp speaks at Vaillancourt Folk Art&#8217;s 2009 Collector&#8217;s Weekend about the history of Christmas&#8217; icon, Santa Claus. His lecture explains the transition of the American Santa from, 1626 &#8211; 2009. In addition, he explains the development from his European counterpart.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Historical Reference in Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judi Vaillancourt: Historical Reference in Design]]></description>
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		<title>December 11 &#8211; Men&#8217;s Night 2009!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget that tonight (Friday, December 11) is our Annual Men&#8217;s Night from 5:00pm &#8211; 8:00pm! Vaillancourt Folk Art has been hosting Men&#8217;s Night for two decades and many men (and women) have made it a tradition—why not you?. This year, we are fortunate to have some tremendous PR, including WTAG AM-580&#8242;s morning personality Jim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.</title>
		<link>http://valfa.com/2009/media-news/pr/i-will-honor-christmas-in-my-heart-and-try-to-keep-it-all-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us at Vaillancourt Folk Art wish to thank all who attended the performances of A Christmas Carol performed by Gerald Charles Dickens, the Great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. We had four fabulous performances to sold out crowds! All attendees were touched by Mr. Dickens&#8217; performances of this one man show, as he took the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vaillancourt Chalkware featured on about.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over twenty five years, the Vaillancourt family has been making Santas. The recipe is simple, take an historic collection of chocolate moulds, add an apparent love of the holidays, involve the entire family and the results are apparent. Quality and historically correct chalkware Santas created in America by masters painters. Judi Vaillancourt received a [...]]]></description>
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