The morning of New Year's Eve I finally starting taking down my Christmas tree, a task I'd been postponing simply because I so enjoyed my
Santa mug tree this year! Several of you had asked how many mugs I had in this collection, and I said I'd count them when I packed them back up, and I did: 139.
It would have been 136 except that a generous reader in Tennessee, Carol, found these three mugs and sent them to me right before Christmas! And I am happy to tell you that these designs were totally new to me and not duplicates. The larger one is marked "Japan" on the bottom, which was quite helpful to know.
The mini Santa mugs are just delightful, and I've never seen this exact size (1-3/8 inches tall) and shape before. I love that they are marked 1960 and ...
... one still has the H H sticker which I believe identifies it as "Holt Howard," which made a lot of Santa mugs.
And perhaps best of all, Carol left this sticker on the back of one of the mugs as a tribute to my own thrifty style of collecting Santa mugs! They're all back in the garage now for another year, but I thought you might enjoy hearing the final count for 2011 as I look forward to adding more Santa mugs in 2012!
The morning of New Year's Eve I finally starting taking down my Christmas tree, a task I'd been postponing simply because I so enjoyed my Santa mug tree this year! Several of you had asked how many mugs I had in this collection, and I said I'd count them when I packed them back up, and I did: 139.
It would have been 136 except that a generous reader in Tennessee, Carol, found these three mugs and sent them to me right before Christmas! And I am happy to tell you that these designs were totally new to me and not duplicates. The larger one is marked "Japan" on the bottom, which was quite helpful to know.
The mini Santa mugs are just delightful, and I've never seen this exact size (1-3/8 inches tall) and shape before. I love that they are marked 1960 and ...
... one still has the H H sticker which I believe identifies it as "Holt Howard," which made a lot of Santa mugs.
And perhaps best of all, Carol left this sticker on the back of one of the mugs as a tribute to my own thrifty style of collecting Santa mugs! They're all back in the garage now for another year, but I thought you might enjoy hearing the final count for 2011 as I look forward to adding more Santa mugs in 2012!
My goodness that is quite a collection of Santa Mugs. I see another book in the making:) some day I hope to see your collection in person when we have a visit. For now I enjoy the photos. Best wishes, frivolitea
ReplyDeleteGreat collection And i loved your tree
ReplyDeleteLOL! I remember the marvelous photos of your collection displayed. That's a lot of wrapping and storage room...but worth it for a month or so!
ReplyDeleteRuth
Everytime I see that collection of Santa mugs, it brings a smile to my face! Love them! Until next December....
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend and I spent a day together on Dec. 30th and visited two antique malls. Everytime we saw a Santa mug [and there were several] we thought of you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your collection with us via pictures.
Happy New Year!
WOW! I think I have one somewhere in among all my stuff. I need to get organized!♥♫
ReplyDeleteLove the collection. Every time you share photos of your Santa mugs it reminds me of my Grandma.
ReplyDeleteThat sure is a zinger of a collection! For some reason, I had the odd thought that as the tub of Santas got carried out to the garage, the faint sound of Ho Ho NO! could be heart... :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing collection! How fun to see, but glad I didn't have to pack it up.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful collection and they sure looked great on your "Santa" tree.
ReplyDeleteHello Angela, I love this collection and your photos are great! I think it's neat that you remember 'the history' of where the mugs came from. Joanie
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