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It took a little over an hour to make. And yes,it lights up.

Yeap. I noticed the base was different than other candles plus it had to be a smooth candle to get the wrap on. Don't see many of those.....

Finally got around to making a candy cane streamer. Might add a few more candy canes.

I like the side by side photo.It shows the detail is almost exact,if not,and the size differance.

Possibilities are endless. I did know grand venture was a company and not a manufacturer. I understood from way back that they had gotten a hold of old poloron molds. Seems odd they would make new molds,but apparently they did. Remember the old 31"..no 32" snowman.LOL. Seems everybody made it in a differant size. Sunhill made that snowman as well as empire,tpi...etc

Yes. The one pictured is a old poloron mold made by grand venture. GV made many old poloron molds and a few new designs as well.

Here is what the Grand Venture and Empire candles look like. Yours looks like it was ruff cut to that opening

Hope you don't care if I take a shot at it. The candles look to be early poloron. The candle tops,drips,and stripes are identical to poloron and later grand venture.The base of course is not the same as the ones we are used too,and I never saw a "noel" candle in that style. The small snowman is likely early TPI. I don't think drainage made anything under 22" (table tops),and it has the details in the scarf that no other manufactures used. Very similiar to all of tpi snowman scarfs and the 31" snowman we are used to seeing.The 31" snowman also had detailed gloves.

Thought I'd "update" an old wreath

Seen driving through Dix Illinois

Thanks for the reply. It seems they did make their own designs,but used GP add ons like the lantern and candles. I was going though the older municipal decorations forum just to check out the older info and look at the great pictures,and they were mentioned by someone and I never really heard about them.Of course,there are several I never heard about.Seems alot of these companies where regional. There were alot of distrubutors,but they only sell what the other companies makes.I was looking at the companies that actually made the decorations. I was specifically looking to see who made what in the blowmold a vacucell. I picked up several bells that where about the size of the GP ones, (17") but didn't have the design on them,and was just wonder who might have made them. I know a few others were said to make their own lanterns as well.

Are they still in business? Are they still making Christmas decorations.Where are they located? I can't find anything on them. Thanks