Not only do we collect smokers, we collect nutcrackers too. My parents have a massive collection at their house – well over a hundred. Fittingly, they give Fatty one every year for Christmas and, after being married 10 years now, we have quite a little collection.
This is part of the group that is standing at attention on our sideboard. It was hard to get a good photo of the whole group, so here are two favorites.
This guy is my favorite. I LOVE to ski. Really, though, it’s the hat that got me. How could you not love that hat? He looks like he stepped right off of the slopes sometime in the 1970’s.
And this guy is one of two Oktober Fest nutcrackers. Fatty is in the beer business so it’s appropriate that we have him and his brother. This one is postively Bavarian with the moustache and fabulous suspenders. I wish I had some of that trim in my stash!
You’ve got some great collections… the H’s, the smokers, and now the nutcrackers. And Fatty’s in the beer business?!? That could be dangerous, no?
I loved the smokers and the nutcrackers are fabulous. Where ever do you get them?
Any nutcracker drinking beer is the one for me! Love it!
i love these nutcrackers! the girls each get one from santa (they are in nutcracker every year). we are getting quite a collection of our own!
Here in Pittsburgh I have seen a Steelers nutcracker in a cafe I frequent (jersey, helmet, fluffy beard…). Tacky as the concept is, it’s actually quite beautifully made! I’ll have to sneak a photo sometime.