Time of the year to ‘hide’ my collectible toys

January 17, 2008 | By Juliana Heng In How to collect toys, Toy care |

The Chinese New Year public holidays fall on 7-8 February this year. Besides reunion dinners and endless feasting on loads of sweet savoury snacks, Chinese New Year here in Singapore is also celebrated by visiting the homes of relatives and friends to wish one another “A Happy and Prosperous New Year”. There are no kids in my house throughout the year so my collectible toys have ’naturally’ settled on any available shelf in my room and the hallway. Usually, I tend to display some of my favourite toys on any place that can accommodate them.

During every Chinese New Year, visitors might bring along their little kids and I never take my chances with their kids. The best way to prevent unnecessary distress to me and my toys is to hide every single one of them from sight, until the house visiting has come to end, which will be around the end of February. We usually do a round of spring cleaning, starting from a month before Chinese New Year. I also use this period to ensure that all my precious collectible toys have been ’safely secured’ in their ‘hiding places’ until ‘the coast is clear’, which will be in the last 2 weeks of February.

Also read: ‘Protect’ your collectible toys from kids and pets.

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