We occasionally hear from folks who collect Santa Claus Land memorabilia.

Mrs. Koch is always interested to find out what's out there, and has even been known to place a bid or two on eBay to add to her collection on display in the Santa Claus Museum here in town.

The one thing that galls her, though, is having to buy back something that was never for sale.

Case in point: the plates from the Christmas Dinning Room (seriously, next time you see her -- don't bring it up!).

This is a wonderful article about SCL memorabilia, but I think maybe the photo of the plates may be of some of the ... um, contraband.