Two More Peanuts Characters Get the Mini Treatment
Over the years, Hallmark has released various sets of Peanuts characters around themes. Usually, they include Lucy, Linus, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy in those sets. So when I spotted a two ornament collection of Sally and Pigpen in 2024, I snagged it.
This is a collection of two miniature ornaments. It’s just as you’d expect from the name. Sally is dancing, so she’s got one leg up. While Pigpen doesn’t have his big cloud of dust around him, we can see smudges of dirt on his face and on the bass he’s playing.
I must admit, I didn’t realize until I was home with the set that these are both themed around A Charlie Brown Christmas. These are the characters as they appear in the big dance scenes that are interrupting the pageant practice. This makes me wonder if I should have paid more attention and we’ve gotten more miniature ornaments featuring other characters from the special in the past. Either way, that was a fun bonus for ornaments I was already planning to get.
You see, I love Peanuts, and it is nice to have a variety of the characters. I get that the most popular characters are going to be the ones that sell the most, but I appreciate that these lesser done characters get their day every so often.
As I said earlier, these are mini ornaments. Pigpen is a little taller just because his bass is so much bigger than he is, but the characters themselves are about an inch tall. As long as you know that when you buy the pair, you’ll be fine.
This probably means you don’t want to set the ornaments out to be displayed anyway. But if you wanted to, you’ll find that Sally doesn’t stand on her own at all. You can balance Pigpen, but he isn’t very stable, so he’ll probably fall over the first time someone walks by.
Fortunately, both ornaments hang straight, so you’ll be fine when you go to hang these on your tree.
The Sally and Pigpen set was fun to get. If you are a Peanuts fan looking for some lesser produced characters, you’ll be glad you picked it up.
The 75th anniversary of Peanuts will be this fall. I have a friend who is a big fan, so there will have to be a celebration of some sort! One of my very favorite ornaments is a 1977 satin ornament that came in a box shaped like Snoopy's doghouse. Not sure how it's survived all of these years.
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