Hixson’s School-Floral Design

Popped in xmas eve just for nostalgia’s sake. I wasn’t really in the market for any more ornaments. Not really anything new in there, but i did notice some things i left out of the first review. There is a display of figures that were from the old Halle’s department store. And they had ornaments that Mr. Hixson had created for the White House. He was there that day, incidentally. I bought a shiny banana ornament, because pretty much every other ornament was golf, nautical or parrot themed. I’m not really into any of those.
One thing i thought of was to describe the place as «Hoarders”-ish, then i read my old review and discovered i already had. There were lots of customers that day, and some were buying candied fruit slices out of the front case. Eeps. I’m not even sure those were intentionally candied, or if the ravages of time had petrified them. I’ d rather eat my glass banana ornament just to be on the safe side.

Five stars all the way, seriously a must-​stop on any tour of Lakewood.
Here’s a few things you can find:
–cards
–old time candy
–flowers
–candles
–old time toys
–CHRISTMAS
But what really shines in my eye is their epic collection of Japanese Antiques. From a full size tanuki carving, to delicate kimonos, and everything in between (IE 1800’s medicine chest from Japan), this collection is museum-​worthy articles you can purchase for you own home.
The two very polite ladies there made great conversation about the collection when we asked. It was a pleasure to stop here, and will be a regular stop when we’re in lakewood in the future.