Christmas All Year Round

Designer Ornaments and Decorations 

Designer Collectibles Available All Year

Swarovski Crystal Christmas Ornaments

Daniel Swarovski (1862, Georgenthal - 1956, Wattens) was an Austrian glass cutter and jeweler born in Bohemia. In 1892 he patented an electric cutting machine that facilitated the production of lead crystal glass jewelery. In 1895 Swarovski, financi...

Thomas Kinkade Christmas Ornaments and Decorations

Thomas Kinkade's style is made for the holidays. Soft, warm light and cozy scenes make wonderful ornaments, villages, figures, music boxes and globes. You'll be delighted with this year's selection.

Jim Shore Folkart Country Christmas Ornaments and Decorations

Jim Shore designs are uniquely carved folkart country pieces for any occasion, and especially created for holiday decorating. This is a collection selected especially for Christmas country-style decorating. Each piece is highly collectible, yet affor...

Waterford Glass and Crystal Christmas Tree Ornaments

The tradition of Waterford Crystal brings elegance to your holiday decorating. Waterford crystal Christmas tree ornaments, hand-painted glass ornaments, and lead crystal figures, candlesticks and serving dishes bring sparkle and warmth to your home....

Jay Strongwater Christmas Tree Ornaments and Other Designs

C ollected by such notables as Tom Hanks, Whoppi Goldberg, Cate Blanchette, Sir Elton John and Hallie Berry, Jay Strongwater designs are breathtaking. Here is his Christmas collection along with some of his other most popular designs.

Lenox China Christmas Ornaments and Decorations

Best known for China and figurines, Lenox Christmas collectibles come in a variety of styles and subjects. Fine China, silver and crystal represent the symbols of the holiday season wrapping your home in elegant style.

Faberge Egg Christmas Ornaments

Russian egg designs inspired by those created by Peter Carl Faberge for the Russian Czars in the 19th century. Mouth blown hand decorated glass egg ornaments made by skilled artisans in Eastern Europe in the centuries-old traditions of European glass...

Ornaments and Decorating Essentials 

Designer and Home Style

Glass Designer Christmas Tree Ornaments

Collectible glass Christmas tree ornaments express the richness of the season in vivid or soft colors. Whether your style is quiet elegance or bright and playful, these heirloom decorations will be passed down from generation to generation.

Family Christmas Stockings and Hangers

The tradition of Christmas stockings hung by the chimney with care is shared in some version by almost every country in the world. Originally the person's own sock was used, but at some point special Christmas socks were made and today the choices an...

Christmas Advent Calendars

Christmas advent calendars are a fun tradition for young and old. Remember when you made a construction paper Christmas chain in school and cut one link off each day until Christmas? From the simplest to the ornate, advent calendars help us count dow...

Christmas Tree Toppers

S omething special belongs at the very top of the Christmas tree. Will it be a star, an angel, or something entirely original and different? Presenting a selection of Christmas Tree Toppers to match any family's style.

Christmas Nativity Sets

A Christmas essential, the Nativity is now crafted in a variety of styles and materials. From elegant procelain and crystal to metal, wood, ceramic and plastic. There is something for everyone and every budget. My personal favorites are the children'...

An Elegant Silver and Gold Christmas

Fire and ice. The warmth of gold, the coolness of silver. Mixed together, a silver and gold holiday decorating theme makes a truly elegant statement. This is a classic and classy look. Contemporary, Victorian, Country or Classic -- any style will loo...

Holy Family Nativity Christmas Ornaments

Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus, the Holy Family, are depicted in a variety of styles in Nativity Christmas ornaments. Represent the Christmas Story on your tree, or decorate entirely in the true spirit of Christmas with religious ornaments.

Holiday Entertaining and Feasts 

Eating in Holiday Style

Old Fashioned Cake Baking Secrets & Recipes

How many movies have you seen featuring an old fashioned picnic or state fair with beautiful prize-winning cakes? Or maybe you're lucky enough to remember your mom's or grandma's delicious cakes on special occasions? Forget the cake mix. Roll up your...

A Very Dickens Christmas

R oasted chestnuts, Christmas punch, figgy pudding, holly and ivy. An old fashioned Victorian Dickens-style Christmas calls for rich family traditions, decorating and fun from bygone days. Dickens' Christmas: A Victorian Celebration

Christmas Dinnerware and Serving Pieces

E ntertaining for friends and family during the holiday season calls for special dinnerware and serving pieces. Whether your style is elegant or casual, you'll want everything to look special.

Old Fashioned Candy Secrets and Recipes

If you love old fashioned candy, why not try making some yourself. These candymaking secrets, recipes and techniques come straight from the original antique candy cookbooks, back in the days when every neighborhood had its own candy store, and taffy...

Christmas Plum Pudding and Figgy Pudding Recipes

A n old English Victorian tradition, steamed plum and figgy pudding right out of a Dickens novel. Here are the authentic recipes straight out of vintage and antique cookbooks. Make it an old fashioned Christmas tradition.

Christmas Atmosphere 

Movies, Music, Pajamas

Matching Family Pajamas

It's a family tradition for many families to have matching pajamas for the holidays. Fun and practical when family and friends visit for everyone to show up in matching pajamas. Great for family reunions and camping. Start your own matching family pa...

It's the Season for Christmas Movies

Whether it's a movie about Christmas or a movie with a Christmas or holiday setting, it's time to start getting the Christmas spirit by curling up with your favorite holiday movies. Here are some of my favorites. Be sure and tell me yours.

The Polar Bear Store

Raise polar bear awareness or just enjoy their beauty, there's something for every age and interest. Polar bear books, DVDs, soft plush animals, calendars, jewelry, art posters, ornaments -- babies to adults fall in love with the beauty and majesty o...

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - America's Choir

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, nicknamed America's Choir, has been inspiring the public for over 150 years. In recent years the Choir has appealed to a much younger audience who refer to it playfully as the MoTab. It's not just your grandma's choir any...

Directory of Gift Ideas for Everyone and Every Occasion

Trying to think of a unique gift for someone that's hard to buy for? This is a growing directory of ideas and resources to help you come up with the perfect gift for every person on your list.

Some Great Gift Ideas for Everyone On Your List 

Specific Gift Suggestions

Only the Best Gift Baskets

Gift baskets make nice practical gifts. There is a gift basket for everyone and every occasion. But not all gift baskets are really good selections. This list contains only the best of the thousands of choices placed before you.

Organic Gift Baskets

Everyone loves gift baskets. Everyone appreciates the quality of organics. Put them together and you have purely the best in products and manufacturing. Here is a hand-picked variety of gift baskets for every occasion.

Only the Best Gourmet Gift Baskets

Gourmet gift baskets are real client pleasers. Most people love to receive things they wouldn't necessarily splurge on for themselves. The message is also sent that "they're worth it"! So whether it's a business gift you're looking for, or something...

Directory of Gift Ideas for Everyone and Every Occasion

Trying to think of a unique gift for someone that's hard to buy for? This is a growing directory of ideas and resources to help you come up with the perfect gift for every person on your list.

Gifts for Pets and Pet Lovers

Pet owners love to receive pet gifts. And we all love to remember our pet companions with special treats on holidays. Here is a collection of gifts selected especially for the pets (and pet owners) we love.