Q: My parents used to buy these ceramic art pieces each Christmas, with each year depicting a specific Disney scene. I think these pieces were approved (and licensed) by Disney each year. When did these pieces stop being produced? I would like to buy my parents whatever version they don’t have (they have most between 1981 and 1995) but cannot find any information about these pieces (what they are called, who made them, etc.). Any guidance would be great.
Erik, Alexandria, Virginia
A: Grolier produced Disney Christmas figurines made of bisque, a chalky ceramic, for each year from 1979 to 2007. Perhaps these are the ones to which you are referring. They were all limited editions, with the edition size (and price) going up as the years went on. The 1979 figurine sold for $29.95; the 1988 one for $50.
Dave Smith