Kurt Adler Millennium Ornament

It's already been a full month since Christmas, but I thought, "better late than not at all" as far as this rather nifty ornament is concerned.

 

We've had this ornament for a very long time now, but I only found it this year in the bottom of a box labeled "Fine Ornaments." See, we used to have two Christmas trees: The first, downstairs, had all the chintzy Hallmark ornaments and cheap blown-glass ones from Frank's Nursery and Crafts and all the ones from forty years ago that we hadn't thrown away for whatever reason. The second, upstairs, featured all the really beautiful ones by Kurt Adler and Christopher Radko.

 

I don't think we've ever put this one on any of our trees, as we stopped putting up the second one about 2005 or so.

 

The Kurt Adler Company put out a few ornaments under the "Mystique Collection" banner, including a set based on the movie The Wizard of Oz.

 

Despite the limited-edition trappings, this beautiful ornament is still fairly common secondhand; a quick look on eBay showed one at $22.99, and another at $8.99.