A Captain Hook Christmas (continued)

Three years ago, when I wrote about my Captain Hook Christmas, I didn't know all that much about Captain Hook nutcrackers. In fact, I didn't realize how much there was still to learn until I visited the Nutcracker Museum in Leavenworth, Washington.

I was hoping the museum might have a Steinbach Captain Hook from 1991, now retired and hard to find. And it does, along with two other characters from Peter Pan. And the display also contains two other Captain Hook nutcrackers from other manufacturers. (Of course, there may be others that I missed--the museum has thousands of nutcrackers, from historical to current versions.)

A rather better pic than I was able to get.

These figures are from the Christian Ulbricht Peter Pan character set, a Walt Disney licensed edition from possibly 1991. I can find very little information on this collection, which is the opposite of my usual ventures into research. Jolly fellow, this particular Jas. Hook.

And here's a Hook from closer to my Seattle home, made by Mcdowell's Enchanted Woodworks in British Columbia, Canada.

I noticed that only the Steinbach version has the hook on the correct hand, as described by author J. M. Barrie. The others are evidently based on the inescapable Walt Disney Studios animated Peter Pan.

Once again, I find that Peter Pan lurks everywhere, even in small Bavarian-styled towns in the Cascade mountains. As, it seems, do blog posts.

A Captain Hook Christmas

Because I'm a grownup and I can celebrate the way I want to.

Although he needs a hook rather than a right hand. I will probably paint one on once I have the time to do it correctly. Just beyond his left shoulder, on the tree, is a Disney Captain Hook ornament. (Really, it's amazing the collectibles that are out there.) "First on the tree," observed my husband. Well, yes, that's how it works around here. (And he did say that as he handed me the ornament, after all.)

Someday I would love to add a Steinbach Hook nutcracker to the collection:

But he's expensive. And, I hear, about to be discontinued, which will not likely make him less expensive. Ah well, perhaps someday.