Sandal's Playing Santa This Year
As much as I love Christmas, I do not do snow. Fortunately, it's rarely an issue where I live in Southern California. But that makes Hallmark's Sandal the Sandman series even more fun for me since it is a beachy twist on Christmas. Take, for example, the third, which finds Sandal playing Santa.
For his role this year, Sandal has put on a red coat with lots of white trim. However, the buckle on his belt? It's a seashell, of course. Likewise, Sandal is still wearing his normal floppy beach hat instead of Santa's hat. Oh, and Santa's bag is a blue fishing net. He's greeting a turtle friend, who is standing on his two back feet.
That's it. But that's all we need to capture the fun of this ornament. I'll admit, I hesitated when I first saw the picture of the ornament (unlike the unofficial piece we are getting this month). The turtle is very cartoony and it took me a bit to really like the fishing net as bag. But I liked it enough in person to go ahead and add this third ornament to my collection. As I said, I do enjoy this beach twist on Christmas traditions.
Once again, this scene has a nice base of some very white sand that Sandal and the turtle are standing in, so you can set it out to be displayed if you so desire. Meanwhile, the series marker is on the bottom of the ornament.
When you go to hang Sandal, you'll find that the ornament tips forward ever so slightly. But once you get it in amongst the tree branches, you'll never notice.
Sandal the Sandman continues to be a fun series. If you want a beach twist on Christmas on your tree, you'll be glad you got this ornament.
Enjoy more tropical Christmas with more of the Sandal the Sandman series.
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