Description
Before the red suit became the custom, Father Christmas often wore green, the color of holly and fir and the promise that spring would return. In the country houses of long ago, he was pictured seated by the fire, a kindly old man in a long green robe, listening to the children recite their wishes. He never hurried. He nodded at every request, stroked his beard and promised to do what he could, and the children went to bed certain that he meant it.
This box brings that older, gentler Santa to life. Seated and dressed in green, he feels like a visitor from a Victorian Christmas card, perfect for lovers of tradition and history. It is a thoughtful gift for a collector of antique-style Santas, a fan of Dickens, or anyone who prefers the holidays slow and story-filled. Place him in an armchair-shaped nook on the bookshelf, beside a stack of old cards or near the fireplace where he can keep listening to wishes. His green coat also sits beautifully among evergreen garlands and brass candlesticks.
Looking closer
- Shaped as a seated Santa
- Santa wears a green coat
- Every fold of the green coat is the work of a painter’s brush, on French Limoges porcelain
- Opens beneath a hinged lid
- A traditional, Old World Christmas design
A fine gift for the family historian, or for anyone who keeps an antique Christmas card collection tucked away in a drawer.
