Annual Santa and Santa's Wife

Royal Copenhagen Annual Santa and Santa's Wife

Royal Copenhagen has released the Annual Santa every year since 2001. In 2021, he was joined by the Annual Santa's Wife, and since then the two porcelain figures have been part of Royal Copenhagen's annual Christmas collection.

The motifs are based on Christmas and the time leading up to Christmas Eve. Over the years, we meet Santa with gifts, wish lists, children, and animals, while the Santa's Wife in the newer editions accompanies him in the year's Christmas motif.

Annual Santa started in 2001

The first Royal Copenhagen Annual Santa was released in 2001 and was designed by Sven Vestergaard, who also designed the subsequent Santa figures in the series.

Already in the first years, Santa was shown in various Christmas situations. In 2002, he had pockets full of toys, in 2003 he read a long wish list, and the following year he was on his way down the chimney. The 2005 Santa, on the other hand, sat on a rocking horse.

Later, we meet him with his reindeer, sitting among gifts and toys, or out skating. He has also performed puppet theater for a dog, fed the winter birds, had a child on his lap, and listened to music from an old gramophone.

Annual Santa's Wife arrived in 2021

In 2021, Royal Copenhagen expanded the series with the Annual Santa's Wife. She is released together with the Annual Santa and has become a fixed part of the newer Christmas editions.

Santa and Santa's Wife can stand together, so the two figures form a complete Christmas motif. This also allows continuing an existing collection of Annual Santa with Santas' Wives from 2021 and onwards.

Royal Copenhagen Santa in red and green

The red suit is one of the most characteristic features of Royal Copenhagen Annual Santa, but the first editions from 2001 to 2005 also exist with a green cape.

The green Santas were mainly produced for the Italian market, but some were later also sold in Denmark. The motifs correspond to the red versions, so the same early editions can be found in two different colors.

Some collectors stick to the classic red Santa, while others also look for the green versions. The five green editions can therefore both complement an existing collection and stand as a small series on their own.

Find the edition you are missing

When a series has been released since 2001, there are now many different Royal Copenhagen Santas to collect. Some look for the first edition from 2001, while others are missing a single figure in the middle of the series or the newest Santa and Santa's Wife.

The first Annual Santa from 2001 is particularly sought after, but other discontinued editions can also be harder to find. With us, you will find both newer and older figures when we have them in stock, and the selection of previous editions therefore changes continuously.

If the edition you are looking for is not in stock, you can sign up for the waiting list on the individual item. Then you will be notified if the figure comes back in stock.

Santas and Santas' Wives as part of Christmas decoration

Royal Copenhagen Annual Santa and Santa's Wife are porcelain figures that can be displayed with the Christmas decorations year after year. A single edition can stand alone, while several Santas and Santas' Wives together show how the motifs have developed through the figure series.

The figures can also be chosen by a year with special meaning. It could be the year of a wedding, a child's birth, or the first Christmas in a new home. For many, the Annual Santa and Santa's Wife also become a fixed part of the Christmas tradition, where a new figure is added to the collection year after year.