Christmas Time

1999: Pingu

The last posting day for Christmas has passed, time for little Pingu to take a rest and get ready to open his own presents under the Christmas Tree. Does a tree fit into an igloo?

1986: Christmas (Design - Margaret Halcrow-Cross}

And how does one wrap "a partridge in a pear tree"?  The counting song 12 days of Christmas is a popular subject for stamps and New Zealand Post issued three stamps each showing one of the first three gifts sent by "my true love"

2017: Christmas (Design - Catherine Rowe)

The Isle of Man went a step further and issued all 12 days in a set this year, easy to sing along with these in front of you. I show the partridge in the pear tree because I think it is so interesting to see how different artists interpret the same subject.

1992: Christmas (Design - Frances Poskitt)

A beautiful starry night in Ireland unfortunately not one we are going to have here this year in these islands. Its been unremitting gloom - mist and rain - for ages, we are promised sunshine on Wednesday!  The artist is Frances Poskitt, best known for her botanical paintings so you get a lovely holly bush on the stamp. We have been to church through stamps so it is now time to sit down for Christmas dinner

1982: Christmas (Design - Lynette Hemmant)

the party hats are on so the crackers have been pulled

2011: Christmas (Illustrator Andrew Hopgood/Design Jennifer Scalzo)

and Santa Claus is enjoying the day off on Christmas Island.  I wonder what he is going to eat?

2017: Christmas (Gingerbread Houses)

It would be a shame to cut into this little Gingerbread House. The gingerbread makers name appears on each of this two stamp set and this one is a gingerbread farmhouse by Miceal de Haas (story here).

Åland Post wished me a Merry Christmas with this Maximum Card. What a perfect Christmas greeting.  It looks an idyllic place to spend the holidays. 

 Sunday Stamps II is celebrating Christmas on stamps - See It On A Postcard 

Wishing you all A Very Merry Christmas