This incredible addition to our ornament collection was ispired by the mythological garden Gnome, we are pleased to present our Santa Gnome adorned in traditional Gnome style, he is wearing red trousers with a green jacket and red santa hat while his beard is long, white and speckled with glitter to stand out wherever you might display him.  Makes an excellent addition to any ornament collection.   This ornament measures:  4 3/4H X 2 1/2W X 2D  MOUTH BLOWN AND HAND PAINTED IN POLAND

A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various story tellers, but it is typically said to be a small, humanoid creature that lives underground.

Garden gnomes

After World War II (with early references, in ironical use, from the late 1930s) the diminutive figurines introduced as lawn ornaments during the 19th century came to be known as garden gnomes. The image of the gnome changed further during the 1960s to 1970s, when the first plastic garden gnomes were manufactured. These gnomes followed the style of the 1937 depiction of the seven dwarves in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Disney. This "Disneyfied" image of the gnome was built upon by the illustrated children's book classic The Secret Book of Gnomes (1976), in the original Dutch Leven en werken van de Kabouter. Garden gnomes share a resemblance to the Scandinavian tomte and nisse, and the Swedish term "tomte" can be translated to "gnome" in English.  This has been copied from Wikipedia, for more information please visi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome