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The Best Christmas Snow Globes

Updated on March 26, 2014
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Choosing your Snow Globe

Whether you like to decorate your home in festive ways for Christmas time, or whether you want to give out a beautiful Christmas gift this holiday season, you might want to consider purchasing snow globes. Christmas snow globes are beautiful gifts for your friends and family members, and they look extremely beautiful around the house. Here are a few different options to consider if you want to have a marvellously beautiful holiday this year.

Thomas Kinkade Train Snow Globe

Thomas Kinkade has always been known for making beautiful masterpieces, and his Christmas snow globes are no exception either. In fact, this Thomas Kinkade Train Snow Globe is exceptionally beautiful, featuring a very festive Christmas train with Santa Clause standing up in the globe part with a bag of toys slung over his back. The snow globe costs approximately $20, and it has been rated 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com, so you can rest assured that you are getting an excellent investment.

While Thomas Kinkade did not actually design the snow globe itself, his paintings show up on either side of the train car, which add to the overall beauty of this globe that was designed by Rhodes Studios. The train car has been hand crafted, which gives you increased levels of quality.

On the inside of the snow globe, there stands a Santa Claus figure with glittering snow swirling all around him. Santa is holding up a lantern, which is one of Kinkade’s most famous symbols that appears in almost all of his artwork. The bag of toys is overflowing as well, showing the Christmas cheer that Santa intends to spread. The train car has a wind-up key on the bottom of it, and when you wind it, it plays “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.”

The First Noel Snow Globe

If you are trying to find one of the most festive Christmas snow globes on the market, then you should consider this First Noel Snow Globe. It has been rated 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com, and it costs approximately $23.

The bottom of this snow globe features a house and wintery scene, which looks beautiful and marvelous, adding on to the overall décor of your house. On the inside, there is a figure of Santa Clause and his sleigh running past a church with a festive winter scene in the background. Iridescent glitter, which is used to symbolize falling snow, adds to the overall beauty of this piece.

On the bottom of this snow globe, you will find a key that allows you to wind up the built-in music box. Once the box is fully-wound, the snow globe will play, “The First Noel,” which makes the machine even more festive, and it makes the holiday seem even more special. You can play it when guests come over, or you can give this globe away as a gift to someone who is wild about Christmas.

Old-Fashioned Disney Christmas Snow Globe

Do you have a Disney fanatic in your life? If so, then perhaps one of the best Christmas snow globes you can purchase for him or her is the Old-Fashioned Disney Christmas Snow Globe. This beautiful snow globe has received a whopping 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com, and it costs approximately $100, so you can be certain that you are getting a high-quality investment when you purchase this globe.

There are 13 classic Disney characters that appear on this snow globe, such as Mickey and Minnie, Winnie the Pooh, Tinker Bell, and various other characters. The lanterns, tree, and castle inside the globe all light up, which cast a festive glow on whatever part of the house you choose to display this beautiful snow globe. There is also a blowing mechanism inside the unit, and it constantly blows snow around inside the globe for added beauty and appeal.

This snow globe plays 8 different classic Christmas tunes including “Jingle Bells,” “Deck the Halls,” and a few others.

Fontanini Nativity Scene Snow Globe

If you or a friend have always wanted Christmas snow globes with a nativity scene-related theme, then perhaps this Fontanini Nativity Scene Snow Globe may be an excellent choice. It has been rated 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com, and it costs approximately $40.

Inside the globe, there are the figures of Mary and Joseph looking down at the newborn baby Jesus lying in the manger. All around the outside are lanterns, various types of lights, windows, and all sorts of livestock and stable-type animals that were more than likely present at the Nativity.

When you wind up the snow globe, it plays the tune, “Silent Night,” which adds to the overall look and feel of Christmas in whatever setting you choose to display this snow globe. If you put two AA batteries into the snow globe, two windows, one on the front and one on the back, glow softly from a light inside of the snow globe base.

The Right Snow Globe

Are you trying to find the best Christmas snow globes that will add to the beauty of the Christmas environment you create in your home this year? Perhaps you are trying to find a snow globe that will make a beautiful gift for your friends or family members. At any rate, these are four of the best options on the market, so you can rest assured that you are getting an excellent investment that is sure to be beautiful and increase the festivity in any home for several years to come.

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