This Apple Is Ready for Christmas
JOURNAL / CHRISTMAS, IN MINIATURE
This Apple Is Ready for Christmas
Getting ready for Christmas often begins with untangling a string of lights. You find last year’s decorations, start wrapping a present, and discover that the tape has disappeared again.
The resident of this apple seems considerably further ahead.
The little bear already has its Santa hat on and a seat beside the fireplace. Wrapped presents sit in front of it, candy-cane decorations rest against the wall, and a nearby chair has its own little cushion. By the look of things, preparations are complete.
This is Christmas Apple Cottage by Horizon Diorama, a finished, hand-painted Christmas miniature with built-in warm lighting and a furnished room inside a red apple.
Even the Chair Has Joined In
Look closely at the chair. Its back resembles a cut apple, right down to two tiny seeds. The cushion carries a Christmas-tree motif. Greenery and a red bow decorate the fireplace, with a striped candle standing above it.
Each detail gives you something specific to notice. First comes the red apple, then the room inside, and finally a closer inspection of a chair barely bigger than a fingertip.
The bear remains seated throughout. It appears to have no intention of helping with the preparations.
One Small Part of Christmas, Sorted
Christmas Apple Cottage arrives as a completed display piece, with no assembly required. Choose its spot and switch on the built-in lighting. One small Christmas scene is ready.
There is a round window on the back of the apple, too. Turn it around and you discover that the little house has another side worth looking at.
The remaining lights and wrapping paper can wait a moment. Christmas inside this apple is already sorted.
