Stars: 4 out of 5
Pros: Cute elf doing a fun job
Cons: Shaking glitter into the middle of the ornament?
The Bottom Line:
A cute ornament
But with confusing image
I do still like it
Cue the Sparkle
Sometimes, Hallmark ornaments don’t photograph well, so I
learn early on not to judge an ornament until I had seen it in person. That’s the case with the third North PoleTree Trimmers ornament. Yes, this 2015
release is fun, yet the pictures didn’t quite do it justice.
This series focuses on the elves who help Santa create
decorations, and this elf has a fun job.
He gets to shake the glitter on and in the ornaments. And I do mean shake. He’s actually holding a salt shaker filled with
glitter and he’s shaking it until the middle of a purple ornament. He’s very particular about his job, as you
can tell by the look of concentration on his face as he works.
Yes, you did read that right. He is putting the glitter into the middle of
the ornament. Honestly, this is one
reason why the ornament looks so odd in pictures. It doesn’t make complete sense even in person. Why would you put glitter into the middle of
an ornament when you want the sparkle to shine on the outside of the ornament? Makes little sense to me.
While that’s an issue, it is a minor issue to me. The elf is cute as always, and I love the
idea behind the ornament overall. Maybe
there’s something I’m missing, like a diorama that is going to go into the
ornament by the elf in the next step of production? Yeah, we’ll go with that as what is happening
here. This isn’t the final elf to work
on the ornament. Or maybe, since I’m not
super familiar with the old fashioned ornaments, this is just a particular kind
and it’s supposed to look like this. It
certainly doesn’t look bad this way, and the glitter in the opening is lots of
fun.
Whatever the story is, the elf and the ornament do provide a
nice, steady base, so you can set this ornament out to enjoy is a display if
you so wish.
The series marker, a 3 in a Christmas tree, was in the third
place I looked for it, which seems appropriate somehow. I’ll let you have fun finding it, but know it
is there.
The loop for hanging the ornament is on the glitter
shaker. Slip a hook through it and
you’ll find that it tips slightly toward the ornament. But that’s okay because it still looks good
that way.
The ornament does look very cute in person, so I was happy
to add 2015’s North Pole Tree Trimmer to my collection. I’m not completely sure the idea behind the
ornament translates, but I do still like it.
Looking for more elves? Here's the North Pole Tree Trimmers series.
Original Price: $12.95
This one of my favorite series. I love these little elves so I have them out year around.
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