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Dept 56 Original Snow Village Retirements 2016

Posted on November 14, 2016 by gmastree

Original Snow Village Photo Product ID Product Name List Price Introduced 4054975 Snow Village, Sidewalk Sweets $26.00 May, 2016 4054973 1976 Olive Street, Stillwater $120.00 May, 2016 4054972 Snow Village, Christmas Sweets $89.00 May, 2016 4050997 Santa Comes To Town, … Continue reading →

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Dept 56 North Pole Village Retirements 2016

Posted on November 12, 2016 by gmastree

North Pole Village Photo Product ID Product Name List Price Introduced 4054969 North Pole, Sidewalk Sweets $26.00 May, 2016 4054967 North Pole, Christmas Sweets $89.00 May, 2016 4050975 Skip With A Twist $22.50 January, 2016 4050974 Letters To Santa, North … Continue reading →

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Dept 56 Christmas in the City Village Retirements 2016

Posted on November 11, 2016 by gmastree

Christmas in the City Village Photo Product ID Product Name List Price Introduced 4050917 Study For Nighthawks $27.50 January, 2016 4047182 Christmas Cupcakes $28.50 January, 2016 4050914 Letters To Santa, City $20.00 January, 2016 4050913 Holiday Brownstone $125.00 January, 2016 … Continue reading →

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Dept 56 Dickens Village Retirements 2016

Posted on November 11, 2016 by gmastree

Dickens Village Photo Product ID Product Name List Price Introduced 4054964 Dickens’ Village, Sidewalk Sweets $26.00 May, 2016 4054961 Dickens’ Village, Christmas Sweets $89.00 May, 2016 4050940 From Across The Pond $26.50 January, 2016 4050939 Twelfth Night Temptation $30.00 January, … Continue reading →

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Dept 56 2016 Village Retirements

Posted on November 7, 2016 by gmastree

Department 56 has announced it’s retirement list for November, 2016.  I’m planning several posts to get it all online for you.  This post covers Villages with 10 or less retirements. To come later are Christmas in the City, Dickens Village,North … Continue reading →

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Inge-Glas® of Germany

Posted on September 23, 2016 by gmastree

I first became aware of Inge-Glas® ornaments when I first saw the Old World Christmas line in the 1980s. At that time, OWC had all of it’s line manufactured by Inge-Glas®.  There isn’t a way to distinguish between the two … Continue reading →

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Kreiss Figurines

Posted on July 30, 2016 by gmastree

I recently acquired this unusual Santa bank that is marked in black ink “Kreiss”.  As I did my research on this brand I discovered that Kriess made a series of Santas as a part of their “Psycho” series.  These depict … Continue reading →

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Christmas by Krebs History

Posted on June 10, 2016 by gmastree

I really can’t believe that I’ve not done a post before about Christmas by Krebs glass company. They are one of the few manufacturers that pride themselves on producing their ornaments in the USA. This is a quote from one … Continue reading →

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Snowbabies May 2016 Introductions

Posted on June 3, 2016 by gmastree

May 2016 Introductions Photo Collection Product ID Product Name List Price Classic 4055969 “Let’s Go Surfin’” $30.00 Classic 4055969 “Keeping Above Water” $20.00 Classic 4055967 “Come Sail Away” $20.00 Classic 4055966 “Floating With Friends” $20.00 Classic 4055965 “Diving in Deep” … Continue reading →

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Dept 56 Village Introductions May 2016

Posted on May 21, 2016 by gmastree

May 2016 Introductions Photo Village Product ID Product Name List Price Dickens Village 4054961 “Christmas Sweets” $89.00 Dickens Village 4054964 “Sidewalk Sweets” $26.00 Dickens Village 4054963 “St.Clive’s in the Dell” $90.00 Dickens Village 4054962 “The Swan & Trumpet” $85.00 Dickens … Continue reading →

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