Mickey and Santa are two of my favorite characters and I love to include them both in my holiday decorating, so I was excited when my mom introduced me to the Disney Traditions figurines by Jim Shore. It’s kind of become a tradition for my mom to give me a new figurine on my birthday, so now I have quite a collection of them that I put out every year at Christmas.

I was lucky enough to meet Jim and have him sign one of my pieces at the D23 Expo in 2009 and I really enjoyed hearing about the process he goes through to come up with just the right “feel” for each piece. You can tell he really loves what he does and I think that shines through in the details of each piece.

Here are a few of my favorites