Ornament, Snoopy with Poinsettia, 1977 Vintage, NOS

• Pattern:  Snoopy Christmas Ornament
  
• Made in Japan
• Vintage: 1977
• Details:  This is such a great find!  A brand new, (NOS - New Old Stock), ornament of the very lovable Snoopy of the Peanuts gang.   Snoopy is wearing a red Christmas hat and it reads "Merry Christmas 1977" across the front.  He is holding a red and green poinsettia and has the adorable Snoopy smile.  It comes with a gold cord for hanging.  The ornament has a sticker on the bottom: "Snoopy  Copyright 1958, 1966 United Feature Syndicate, Inc, Made in Japan".  We know many Snoopy lovers that would enjoy hanging this ornament on their tree.  Great stocking stuffer!!  This ornament will make a great addition to your ornament collection, it would also make a great gift for any comics collector, a Snoopy fan or any boy or girl, or even an adult who loves Snoopy.  We also have Snoopy holding a Candy Cane if you're interested.
• Material:  Porcelain
• Dimensions:  2.25 inches Tall, approx. 2.5 inches Long and approx. 1.0 inch Wide
• Condition:  Vintage - NOS.   Excellent Condition.  However, we noticed there's a hair line area where the black color is missing on Snoopy's ear, it is very minor but please see pictures.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns, every effort has been made to show any scratches, wear and tear and imperfections. 

Snoopy is Charlie Brown's dog, a beagle, in the comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz.  He made his debut on October 4, 1950 and since then Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in other countries.  He is a good-natured beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an author, a college student known as "Joe Cool", an attorney, and a British World War I "flying ace".  The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs.

Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 26, 1922.  He was the son of immigrants from Germany (father) and a Norwegian (mother) and became an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip "Peanuts" (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among others).  Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950, in seven newspapers.  After a slow start, Peanuts eventually became one of the most popular comic strips of all time, being published daily in 2,600 papers in 75 countries, in 21 languages.  Charles Schulz is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time.  Among his many awards he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 28, 1996.  Charles died in Santa Rosa, California on February 12, 2000.  As part of his contract with the syndicate, Schulz requested that no other artist be allowed to draw Peanuts. United Features had legal ownership of the strip, but honored his wishes.  Shortly after, on June 7, 2001, Schulz's widow Jean accepted the Congressional Gold Medal award on behalf of her late husband.