Hallmark Keepsake Ornament
1983 Shirt Tales
1983 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament
QX2149
This 1983 Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament is a white frosted glass teardrop bulb, with metal cap and clear plastic sleeve, featuring Shirt Tales characters, originally created by Janet Elizabeth Manco for Hallmark greeting cards, singing Christmas carols in the snow. A brown bear in a red shirt, blue striped scarf, and red and white beanie holds a songbook, next to a penguin wearing earmuffs and a yellow shirt with blue scarf. A walrus sits on the end with a songbook, dressed in a green shirt and red and white beanie. Reading their shirts, each with one word on the front, it spells "Deck the Halls," and the caption in the sky, filled with musical notes, is: "Tis the season to be jolly!" The dated panel reads "Christmas 1983," and shows the backs of their shirts, which together spell: "Fa La-La La-La." The Shirt Tales logo and dated copyright are printed in black at the bottom of the sleeve. The ornament is packaged in the original "window" box, viewable from all sides, so you can see the entire bulb.
Disclaimer: As with many older glass ball ornaments, it may have developed "age spots," which is normal with older ornaments.
Fun Fact: The original Shirt Tales characters created in 1980 included Tyg Tiger, Pammy Panda, Digger Mole, Rick Raccoon, Bogey Orangutan, and Kip Kangaroo, and was so popular that Hallmark partnered with Hanna-Barbera to put them on NBC in the famous Saturday morning cartoon, which aired from 1982-83, expanding the characters to embrace a superhero theme, where the animals became crimefighters using high-tech gadgets.
- Size
- 3.839" H x 2.939" D
- Material
- Glass, metal, and plastic
- Box Size
- 4.25" H x 3.5" W x 3.75" D
1983 Shirt Tales 1983 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament QX2149 This 1983 Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament is a white frosted glass teardrop bulb, with metal cap and clear plastic sleeve, featuring Shirt Tales characters, originally created by Janet Elizabeth Manco for Hallmark greeting cards, singing Christmas carols in the snow. A brown bear in a red shirt, blue striped scarf, and red and white beanie holds a songbook, next to a penguin wearing earmuffs and a yellow shirt with blue scarf. A walrus sits on the end with a songbook, dressed in a green shirt and red and white beanie. Reading their shirts, each with one word on the front, it spells "Deck the Halls," and the caption in the sky, filled with musical notes, is: "Tis the season to be jolly!" The dated panel reads "Christmas 1983," and shows the backs of their shirts, which together spell: "Fa La-La La-La." The Shirt Tales logo and dated copyright are printed in black at the bottom of the sleeve. The ornament is packaged in the original "window" box, viewable from all sides, so you can see the entire bulb. Disclaimer: As with many older glass ball ornaments, it may have developed "age spots," which is normal with older ornaments. Fun Fact: The original Shirt Tales characters created in 1980 included Tyg Tiger, Pammy Panda, Digger Mole, Rick Raccoon, Bogey Orangutan, and Kip Kangaroo, and was so popular that Hallmark partnered with Hanna-Barbera to put them on NBC in the famous Saturday morning cartoon, which aired from 1982-83, expanding the characters to embrace a superhero theme, where the animals became crimefighters using high-tech gadgets. Material: Glass, metal, and plastic Artist: NA Size: 3.839" H x 2.939" D
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