Customer Favorites (and they know it)
Every year a handful of ornaments sell out first, get requested by name, and generally act like they know it. I won’t name names.
Actually, I will. You’ll find them below, and at this point pretending otherwise would just be coy. These are the ones customers come back for, buy in multiples, and email me about when they’re temporarily out of stock.
It’s gone to their heads a little. Blame me.
THE REPEAT OFFENDERS
Abominable Snowman
Sells out every year and still hasn’t cracked a smile about it.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Bigfoot
Blurry in every known photograph, crystal clear in wool felt. Make of that what you will.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Mothman
Drawn to string lights and bad decisions. Somehow one of my best sellers last year, a fact he seems too overwhelmed to fully appreciate.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Christmas T-Rex
Arms too short to wrap presents. Attitude too big to notice.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Great White Shark
Top of the food chain and the sales chart. Not surprised by either.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Christmas Dachshund
Small dog, long body, longer memory for who’s bought one before and who’s still thinking about it.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
THE UNBOTHERED
Cat Butt
Does not know it’s a bestseller. Would not care if it did.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Fox
Popular in the quiet, smug way foxes are about most things.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Owl
Sees everything, says nothing. That’s exactly the appeal.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Horse
Been a favorite for years and has never once mentioned it. Doesn’t need to.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
Wreath Gnome
A steady favorite, and insufferably smug about outranking the other gnomes.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
THE SURPRISE HIT
I made one small batch to start. I was wrong two more times.
Hissing Possum
Nobody, including me, saw this coming. Least of all the possum, who is hissing about it anyway.
Go ahead, feed the ego →
New ones show up every season, and every one of them thinks it’s next. I’d tell them to be humble about it, but they wouldn’t listen.