Moomin Christmas Mug

Arabia Finland Moomin Christmas mug, 2004. "As autumn approaches, the Moomins prepare to hibernate. By the time Moominvalley is carpeted in snow, the Moomins are already in a deep sleep. This is the reason why the Moomins (usually) don’t celebrate the Christmas either. However, some Christmas illustrations of the Moomins can be found, for example, from Tove Jansson’s short story Fir tree on a book Tales from Moominvalley. In the story, the Moomin family is awakened during the winter months to prepare for the approaching Christmas. The illustrations on the back of the Christmas Mug are very rarely seen Tove Jansson’s original illustrations from the songbook Visor från Mumindalen (1993). The songbook contains Tove and her brother Lars Jansson’s lyrics to Erna Tauro’s music. The mug designer Tove Slotte only draw an apron to Moomintroll to change the character from Moomintroll to Moominmamma. Christmas mug’s Moomintroll is originally from Jansson’s novel Moominland Midwinter (1957) and the Christmas tree from the UNICEF’s postcard from 1971, Wonder of Christmas. Postcard artwork is based on the illustration Tove Jansson drew for the Fir tree short story in 1962. For the mug, designer Slotte changed the girl in the foreground of the original illustration to Little My. The coloring of Little My’s coat is picked up from the illustration Tove Jansson drew for the UNICEF’s March for Peace postcard in 1981."