These are so pretty for Christmas!  Beautiful Annie Modica trays show Santa getting ready for his big night.  Practical and pretty…they serve cookies and milk beautifully (or something stronger after the children go to bed!).  $249 each.

Small, decorative boxes decorate your home with the themes of Christmas.  Santas, nutcrackers, reindeer and Christmas trees in small enameled boxes with bright colors and jewels make wonderful gifts for your friends and family who collect such treasures.   Detail includes jewels and charming expressions.  Why not get one for a special person on your list?

Santa with his bag of toys, $81.25

Santa checks his list, $71.50

Santa greets the one who stayed up late, $81.25

Enamel box gingerbread house has a snowman and jewels for candies, $88.50

Nutcracker enamel box comes with a miniature nutcracker pendant on a gold chain, $79.50

Reindeer dressed in his Christmas finest is ready to fly, $81.25

Add a Texas Flag ornament to your Chrismtas tree, or send one to your Texas lovin’ friends in one of the other 49.   They’re gift wrapped and ready to go!   Add a package of Ann’s Texas coffee (roasted right here in Houston, click here for more) and you’ll have a fun, thoughtful gift that is easy to ship and sure to please.

Note: Ann’s Christmas ornaments are 40% off!

Texas Flag Ornament, regularly $33, now 40% off at Ann's ($19.80 each).

Instead of coal in your stocking, how about rocks in your Santa Mug?  Ann’s CHOCOLATE rocks, that is.  $19.95. 

Christmas decor becomes exciting when you break away from the predictable.   Ready for something different?  How about a Christmas tree from Ann’s?  Choose a wild color or unusual shape of lighted tree for the holidays!  Ready now, just in time for holiday planning:

Santa is here at Ann’s in plenty of time to send him to someone for the holidays.  We like to bring him out early so you can plan your Christmas displays and take a holiday picture of the kids.  Don’t forget the reindeer (actually a footstool; will hold a child up to 60 lbs).    Come see our Santas and shop early for Christmas!

New holiday fragrances in Trapp candles make your home smell like Christmas.   Choose “Lemon Sugar Cookie” and you won’t have to bake!  Or burn “Winter Air” to smell like the promise of snowfall, a rarity in Houston, Texas.   Get one for $24.95; buy 5 and get the 6th free.  Stock up now at Ann’s…Trapp candles’ boxes are so pretty they only need a bow to be a lovely gift!

It’s no secret that the early shopper snags the best gifts!  But what you may not realize is that Ann’s has ALL her Christmas items out NOW!  We’re even ready to wrap them in Christmas paper (gift-wrap at Ann’s is free with purchase) so you can hide them or be ready to ship them early. 

Today’s post is an item that your grandkids will love to have and can be a Christmas keepsake for their entire childhood.  Who wouldn’t love a talking bear with a mouse for a friend? The story he tells is “The Night Before Christmas,” sure to enthrall the little ones.  Be the favorite Grandma when you give them one of these!  We have the storybook, too, so buy a copy to go along with their Christmas bear:

Talking bear with friendly mouse reads "The Night Before Christmas" when you squeeze his paw, $49.50.

Jan Brett's beautiful "Night before Christmas" storybook, sold separately.

We’re ready now.    No decorations or holiday music yet, but the store is full of gifts.  The calendar isn’t Christmas, but the shopping is here!  Come browse, get ideas, pick up a few gifts now when the shopping is easy.  You’ll get the best of our selection!    Enjoy our air conditioning in the hottest summer and sample our chocolates and coffee.  And later, when everyone else is stressed out, you’ll have your Christmas shopping started, or even finished, and you can enjoy the season knowing you got the jump on them all.

Come shop at Ann’s…we really are Houston’s most amazing store!

Boehm Porcelain has been synonymous for exquisite American craftsmanship since the company was founded in 1950.    Barbara Boehm, who started the company with her husband, died on November 19, 2010.  Her obituary in the New York Times contains an interesting summary of the company’s history.   Boehm porcelain is housed in world-class museums and is commissioned by American presidents, foreign heads of states, and royalty as gifts to represent their countries on state occasions.

Since Christmas is coming, we want to remember Mrs. Boehm by featuring this very special porcelain nativity set at Ann’s.   Four pieces include the angel, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus.   This Boehm Holy Family is for someone who would appreciate a unique gift from this treasured American porcelain company.