Every year, I love perusing the ornaments in Hallmark and admiring most
of them, particularly those dealing with Peanuts or Disney. Winnie the
Pooh is a particular point of interest. Most years, there are several
adorable Pooh ornaments. But for fans of the tubby little cubby and his
friends, I’m not sure there’s ever been as great a year for ornaments as
1993 - or maybe that‘s just the way it seemed to me because that year, I
received almost every Pooh ornament that Hallmark made.
In
1993, Hallmark created a series of ornaments featuring Pooh and several
other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood carousing in winter revelry
using what look to be homemade implements. This one is Rabbit, who is
dashing through the snow, off, no doubt, on some important enterprise.
If all the ornaments in this particular series were lined up as a parade
of figures, I would imagine go-getter Rabbit in the front, cheerfully
barking out instructions to everyone else.
While the Pooh
ornament is on skis, Rabbit wears snowshoes, though they look
suspiciously like pans. There are no straps holding Rabbit’s feet in, so
I’m not quite sure how they’re staying put, but it doesn’t seem to be a
problem for him, nor does he mind using his pans in such an
unconventional way. I presume, of course, that he isn’t planning to use
them for cooking; I can’t imagine someone as fastidious as Rabbit
agreeing to put food in an object that once contained his foot!
Rabbit’s textured fur is a light buttery yellow, except for his fluffy
white tail and the large white patch running up the middle of his front
to his face. If Pooh seems a little underdressed with a mere three
articles of clothing, Rabbit’s got to be downright freezing in nothing
but a red scarf. But he shows no sign of being uncomfortable. Every
feature screams enthusiasm and readiness.
His long ears stream
behind him, their insides pale pink. His large nose is pink as well; so
is the inside of his sculpted mouth, which is in a wide smile. He has
fairly bushy black eyebrows and tiny black pupils with tinier white
pinpricks set in large white eyes. The left pupil is on the right side
of the eye and the right pupil is on the left side, giving him a
slightly crazed look. Meanwhile, his arms are both bent at the elbows,
with the hands balled into fists. The left foot is on the ground, while
the right is behind him at a graceful angle, giving the appearance that
he is skating.
Rabbit stands about three inches tall, and it’s
about two inches from the front of the left snowshoe to the back of the
right snowshoe. He stands pretty well on the left snowshoe as long as
he’s in a place where he’s not likely to be jostled. The loop for the
hook is between his ears, and as long as you can find a spot with a
little space between branches, hanging him up is no problem.
As with Pooh, Rabbit is not interactive, but Hallmark has many Pooh
ornaments that are, so if you want lights, sound and motion, buy one of
those instead. If you want a fun tribute to this particular character,
Rabbit is a wonderful ornament, and the lack of bells and whistles makes
him pretty affordable, too; he sells online for under $15. He may be at
his happiest while planting in spring and harvesting in fall, but slap
some snowshoes on this bunny and boy, can he have a blast in winter too!
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