Treefrog Exclusive Civil War Santa and Soldier Sets Anounced! (1 Viewer)

[Julie]

We have officially launched the Pre-Order Web Pages for our 2 Exclusive Christmas sets created with W. Britain!

31249 - "Civil War Santa" Santa with Wheelbarrow and Gifts

31250 - "Gifts from Home" Federal Soldiers with Gifts Set #1


Great way to start a Christmas Scene within your existing Civil War dioramas.

These are Limited Edition sets of 300 each and will also be available via a European Distributor. Once those details are set we will add them to the product web pages as well.

If you will be attending OTSN stop by our Room (#5117) and check them out in person!

Julie

 

[mikemiller1955]

wow!!!

nice figure...

that is an all American Santa for sure!

he can be 4th of July Santa in a pinch...^&grin

 

[WBritain]

Many of the Christmas traditions that we are familiar with were well established by the mid-nineteenth century. The decorating of trees, Christmas carols, card and gift giving were practiced in various ways in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Although Christmas did not become a Federal holiday in the United States until 1870, by the late 1830s it became a legal holiday in Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Christmas was such an important social holiday in the south that President Abraham Lincoln felt that it would be good to show that Santa Claus supported the Union cause. It was felt that this would demoralize the Confederate troops. The January 3rd 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly featured a full page illustration of a jolly bearded Santa distributing gifts to Union soldiers in camp. This illustration was created by Thomas Nast, a German born illustrator that some have considered to be the father of the American political cartoon. He went on to create many of the iconic depictions of characters that we know today.
Our new Santa Claus with gifts is based on this 1863 Harper's Weekly version complete with a red, white and blue Santa suit decorated with stars and stripes.
To accompany him a second set of two Union solders comparing gifts help recreate the festive scene that was played out in numerous winter quarters during the American Civil War.

 

[WBritain]

Many of the Christmas traditions that we are familiar with were well established by the mid-nineteenth century. The decorating of trees, Christmas carols, card and gift giving were practiced in various ways in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Although Christmas did not become a Federal holiday in the United States until 1870, by the late 1830s it became a legal holiday in Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Christmas was such an important social holiday in the south that President Abraham Lincoln felt that it would be good to show that Santa Claus supported the Union cause. It was felt that this would demoralize the Confederate troops. The January 3rd 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly featured a full page illustration of a jolly bearded Santa distributing gifts to Union soldiers in camp. This illustration was created by Thomas Nast, a German born illustrator that some have considered to be the father of the American political cartoon. He went on to create many of the iconic depictions of characters that we know today.
Our new Santa Claus with gifts is based on this 1863 Harper's Weekly version complete with a red, white and blue Santa suit decorated with stars and stripes.
To accompany him a second set of two Union solders comparing gifts help recreate the festive scene that was played out in numerous winter quarters during the American Civil War.

I also thought I should mention that the packages in the wheelbarrow are separate castings so you can remove them and place the items where you want. The two Federals can also be used with other camp life figures we have released.
Make sure you stop and see the samples if you are attending OTSN.

 

[PolarBear]

Here are two of Thomas Nast's illustrations of Santa Claus. Both are from Harper's Weekly.
The first is from 1861 and the one we most often see which is reminiscent of the Santa conjured up in A Visit from St. Nicholas better known now as Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Clement Clark Moore in 1823.
The second from 1863 is the Civil War image that inspired the W. Britain figure.
Kudos to Ken and WB for using the Nast and Harper's Weekly source for this set.
Randy

 

[Peter Reuss]

We're excited to have our first Britains exclusive!

To help our friends in the EU with shipping, Clive Gande from Grey Goose is going to be stocking them in the UK. Once we have a link available we will get it posted. Clive will have them at the London Show as well.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Good idea to have them done in this era, as K&C covered the theme in WWII quite extensively. Like the Star Spangled Santa here !

Wayne

 

[braddinpa]

I really like them. Go well with the Petersburg Theme to!

 

[Julie]

Looks like Christmas arrived before Halloween here at Treefrog!

Santa arrived today {eek3}

Pre-orders will be shipping tomorrow for those who got theirs in.


31249 "Civil War Santa" Santa with Wheelbarrow and Gifts


31250 "Gifts from Home" Federal Soldiers with Gifts Set #1

Julie