Christmas Candy Zebras!

I am so glad I set a reminder alarm on my phone Christmas morning to check Breyer's web site and see what their Christmas special was.

Christmas Candy Zebras were this year's offering! I got the gold one initially and liked it so much that I tracked the others down on various model horse sales sites.

There are 500 of each color, and there were also twelve "Licorice" solid black Zebras, oddly labeled "Coal" on the belly. (I did not like that one and have no interest in trying to buy one.)

The green one is named "Pam Green" in honor of my dear friend. 

I think they are absolutely delightful even though I am not a fan of the mold.

 But put those luscious colors on them and I was hooked!

I may have an oddity. On the green, red, and blue Zebras, you can feel the stripes. The gold one is absolutely smooth - you cannot feel its stripes. I thought they were all that way until I received the other three.

They will make a nice display on the shelf and I will most likely pull them out at holidays, too.

Christmas Candy - Breyer's Christmas Web Special

There were some horses under the tree for me Christmas Day, but I forgot to get the photos off of Lisa's phone before she went home, so I'll post them when I get them.

In the meantime, I had set an alarm for 11:00 AM to remind me to check Breyer's web site for its Christmas web special. When it rang, I logged into my Collectors Club account and up popped Christmas Candy!

Photo credit to Breyer.

Some people had predicted that we might get a candy striped Zebra, and they were right. At $135 the cost was a little pricey, but I really liked it and so I bought one. Colors are shipped randomly, so with 500 of each color I should be able to buy others second hand. 

There are only twelve of "licorice coal," the black Zebra, and while I think that that is a clever idea and lots of fun for collectors, I honestly hope I don't get that piece because I love the striped colors. My preference is for red, green, gold, and blue in that order, but I will be happy with whatever arrives in my mailbox.

I checked social media late last night and I was surprised that there seemed to be a lot of folks who didn't like it and had chosen to not order one. Some mentioned cost, while others simply said they did not care for the mold that had been chosen.  

With a horse whose favorite treat is candy canes, and grandchildren who save their own candy canes from Santa to give to her, how could I pass up Christmas Candy?