I want to share some details around the Once Upon a Christmas series.

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Once Upon a Christmas series

Every ornament starts as an idea and sketch.

I have been responsible for providing that since the beginning of the Once Upon a Christmas magic series. Our small team of artists, writers and engineers have been moving Santa along chronologically through preparation, preflight and midnight ride of Santa and his reindeer. Not every year is represented here in these photos, but they offer a peek at each ornament’s original inception on paper, as well as its final result as an ornament.

Though some adjustments were made, most look pretty much as they did when I first put pencil to paper. On the ornament of Santa dressing in the mirror, I also provided a bit of 3D computer sculpting by modeling the mirror structure with hat on the post. It was prototyped and handed over to artist Julie Forsyth to be covered on the back side with wax and night sky scene sculpted in bas relief.

Enjoy the views and look for what’s next in the series!

Ho Ho Ho,

Tom