This Santa Head Assortments include ten 2 inch tall Glass Ornaments. The ornaments come on a tree shaped cardboard display card. These cute Santa heads are round and chubby with long full white beards dusted with iridescent white glitter. The set includes three Santa’s wearing bright Harlequin green earmuffs with a red band, three with red and white Santa hats and four with white caps with two red stripes divided by a light harlequin green stripe. They are perfect for all 2 – 4 foot trees. Select this link to view our Ornament Sets.
Story of Mrs. Claus
Since Santa Claus evolved from St. Nicholas, a celibate priest, it is believed that Mrs. Claus was originally created simply because the German glassblowers felt that she would have appeal to the American public. Very few of the early glass Mrs. Claus ornaments were made because some considered it sacrilegious to bestow a wife upon a priest. Select this link to view our Christmas Books.
Glass Snowman
Long ago, when toys were scarce and the closest neighbors could be miles away, children looked forward to the year’s first snowfall with great anticipation. This wonderful gift from heaven afforded them a chance to go sledding, but even more exciting, it gave them the opportunity to create a new companion-their very own snowman! Each of the jolly fellows had its own distinct expression and “life expectancy”. With a carrot from the pantry, coal from the furnace, twigs from the yard, an old hat and sometimes a pipe borrowed from Grandfather, a child would magically build a snowman. Their man of snow would disappear when the weather warmed, but lived on in childhood memories. Select this link to view our Gingerbread Ornaments.
History of The Santa Claus Express
The Santa Claus Express is a generic name applied to a number of holiday railroad excursions throughout the United States. Often sponsored by railroad museums and incorporating appropriately decorated vintage locomotives and cars, the Santa Claus Express may offer scenic tours beginning in late November and continuing through December. By other schedules, the Express stops at towns and villages along the line, at which time professional or amateur performers provide a Yuletide concert or show for citizens waiting outside. Select this link to view our Artificial Prelit Trees.
The Santa Claus Express also is a vehicle for delivering toys and gifts to underprivileged children, an example of which can be found in Appalachia. Since the mid 1440s on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, officials of CSX Transportation have furnished a locomotive and cars so that the Santa Claus Express could wind its way from Pikeville, Kentucky, across Virginia, and into Kingsport, Tennessee. All along the tracks, children and families gather, many having camped overnight to secure strategic positions. When the train slows at each whistle stop, children run behind as Santa, who addresses everyone as “darlin’,” and his assistants, who are local businessmen, toss candy, small toys, and other gifts into eager hands. Local merchants, some of whom were once among those children chasing the train, donate the gifts, which become the only Christmas presents that many children will receive each year. Select this link to view our Christmas Tree Toppers.