If you celebrate Christmas and you've got a young family like I do, then I'm betting your tree is looking pretty good right now but you probably don't have a lot of other decorations around the house. We've already told you about the modern nativity set, but I also can't help mentioning the other figurines in the "Figure Project" by Italian design company Alessi.
The "Figure Project" is a collection of porcelain figures that (according to their web site) are supposed to "compare the intriguing world of porcelain figures, particularly the refined production tradition of European manufacturers from the 18th century onwards, with our methods and contemporary designers." The result is a whole collection of light-hearted, modern Christmas figures that, quite frankly, rule me. I'm particularly partial to the "Christmas Cow Boy" [sic] (pictured) and the "Pinocchino," but the angels, the snowman, and all the rest are great too. At around $35 per figure it might be too expensive to buy up the whole set, but one or two might be something that has to happen this Christmas.
And trust me. They're way better snow babies.
Check out all of them for sale, from $16 to $35, at Unicahome.com
