Santas From
Around the
World

“Each Offering a Glimpse Into Global Holiday Traditions”

The Santas From Around the World collection began in 2004 with six ornaments released together as a set — the USA, Germany, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, and Russia. All six 2004 entries use the QP (Shoebox specialty) prefix, suggesting they were designed as a cohesive inaugural set. Each depicts the local version of the holiday gift-giver in traditional national attire: America’s jolly red-suited Santa Claus, Germany’s St. Nikolaus in bishop robes, Mexico’s Papa Noel, Ireland and Italy’s respective Father Christmas and Babbo Natale, and Russia’s Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) in his distinctive blue robe, often accompanied by his granddaughter Snegurochka in Russian tradition.

The collection continued irregularly through 2021, adding one or two countries each active year in whatever format best suited that year’s distribution: standard Keepsake (QXG), miniature (QXM), Collectors Club exclusive (QXC), or Limited Edition event ornament (QXE). The 2006 England Miniature and 2008 Canada entry are Club exclusives — rarer pieces that required Hallmark club membership to obtain. The 2021 Austria Limited Edition is the most recent entry, marked QXE. Every entry shares the same premise: one country, one traditional gift-giver, one ornament that captures the holiday costume and spirit of that nation’s celebration.

Tips for the Collection

• 01
  Display as a complete world map of holiday gift-givers — twelve nations, one universal spirit. The 14 ornaments cover four continents: North America (USA, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, England, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Austria), and the collection works beautifully as a geography lesson in miniature. Grouping by continent on a dedicated tree or shelf, or arranging with little flag picks to identify each nation, turns the collection into an interactive display that sparks conversation.
• 02
  The Club exclusive entries (QXC) and the 2021 Limited Edition (QXE) are the rarest — they required club membership or event attendance to obtain originally. The Canada (2008), Switzerland (2010), Netherlands (2012), and France (2014) entries all carry the QXC (Collectors Club exclusive) prefix, meaning they were originally available only to Hallmark club members. The 2006 England Miniature (QXM3143) is also a Club entry. The 2021 Austria (QXE3265) is a Limited Edition event ornament. These five entries are the most difficult to find in the open market — all are available here at Already Christmas.
• 03
  Display the 2004 six-country launch set together as the collection’s founding cohort. The QP-prefix 2004 entries (USA, Germany, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Russia) were designed and released together as a coordinated set. They share a format and a year and display most coherently when grouped together as the collection’s founding six — the original launch set that established the series’ premise.
• 04
  All 14 Santas From Around the World Hallmark ornaments — the complete Already Christmas collection — are here. Standard editions, Club exclusives, miniatures, and the 2021 Limited Edition Austria. Twelve nations. One gift-giving spirit. All fourteen here.