VIRGINIA BEACH — Christmas stuck around for all 12 months of the year at the Kupfer household.
As John and Marian Kupfer aged, antique trees adorned with rare handmade ornaments remained on display in the corners of their living room. Santa figurines, animated music boxes and nativity scenes were left out to enjoy year-round.
“My mom loved Christmas,” said daughter Kathy Nelson.
After Marian Kupfer died last year at 89, her husband moved from their Pembroke area home into an assisted living facility. Now John Kupfer, 94, and his children have decided to sell the house and its contents, including thousands of vintage Christmas ornaments.
An estate sale at 716 Severn Dr. begins Thursday and continues through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Larry Zedd of Virginia Beach Antique Co. has organized the sale. Zedd has handled 18th, 19th and 20th century furniture and decorative arts for 50 years. The Kupfers’ Christmas collection is unusual, he said.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Zedd.