Christmas Storybook Limoges Box with Santa's Gloves

A book of Christmas stories sits ready for reading by the fire, and Santa has left his gloves behind on top of it. Rochard made this scene as a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box in Limoges, France, with the gloves as a removable accent.

Once Upon a Christmas Eve

Reading the same holiday tales every December is a tradition in many homes, from the night before Christmas to the story of the little drummer boy. This porcelain book captures that ritual, and the pair of Santa gloves adds a wink, as if he stopped to listen for a page or two before heading back up the chimney.

For the Family Storyteller

• A Rochard Christmas book with removable Santa gloves
• Porcelain decorated by hand in a Limoges studio
• Belongs with book, library and Santa themed pieces

Bedside Table to Bookshelf

Tuck it on a shelf beside the real holiday storybooks, on a reading chair side table, or on a nightstand in the guest room where visiting family stays for the season. It is a heartfelt present for a grandparent who does the reading aloud, a librarian, a teacher before winter break, or a parent marking a first Christmas with a new baby. Keep the gloves with the book when it goes away each January so the story is complete next year.