Susan's Christmas Shop Newsletter
Easter Is Coming! 2026
April, 2026
Dear Customers and Friends of Susan's Christmas Shop,
Spring has arrived in New Mexico. Trees are already leafing out in Albuquerque. My cherry tree is full of blossoms. It seems unlikely that it will freeze again, so I may have cherries and apricots this year. The temperatures are far above what we used to call "normal". Emilia, my Redbud tree, which I named for my Swedish grandmother who immigrated to the United States on the Lusitania in 1911, is blooming. Emilia is a beautiful sight in the Spring and my grandmother was beautiful in this photograph.
Easter is also arriving early this year. This Sunday is Palm Sunday, and I will join with the congregations from three downtown Santa Fe churches and process with palms around the plaza, as I did last year. Three choirs from three churches will sing. It's lovely.
On Wednesday of Holy Week, members of my church will walk to the Santuario de Chimayo, beginning at Nambe. It's about seven miles. I will also walk, and it seems a relatively short distance to one has "walked the way" in Spain, as I did in 2016. But it is one of the most popular New Mexico Easter traditions. Further south in New Mexico, there are others.
Depicting the annual pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo, when New Mexicans journey
from all over the state to worship Christ risen.
Are you looking for ways to decorate your house for Easter? Here are a few suggestions. For a Southwest style Easter, I have some pottery by Mary Ellen Toya of Jemez Pueblo.
The pottery bunnies are $50 each. The set of three pottery eggs is $75. Some of them say "Happy Easter". The pottery Easter baskets are $45 to $60. Please call if you want one of these special Easter potteries. 505-983-2127.
The German Bunny is carrying a basket full of colored wooden eggs. At his feet is a small shrub of curled wood, the specialty of the Erzgebirge in the former East Germany There's a bright red mushroom there too, which matches his scarf. The Bunny is $43. The large wooden tree is $38. The short wooden tree is $25. The German Wooden School for Chicks has a teacher, two students, a backpack and an easel for lessons. It is $58. The green wooden trees are sold separately for $38 and $25. They are fun to add to any scene.
Here they are beside a Mushroom House Smoker, which can burn incense, so it looks like smoke is coming out of the chimney. A little ladybug landed over the door. The house lifts so the incense can be lit and placed on the base. We have incense if you need it. The Mushroom House is five inches tall and costs $55. A box of 24 pieces of incense is $5.00. The eggs in the green basket are painted wooden eggs from Poland. They are nice for children's Easter Egg hunts. They are $7 each.
The two German bunnies under a large mushroom are new, but made to look vintage. They are papier mache. The scene is five and a half inches tall, and the price is $82. The Wooden Bunny Family is German and comes with a shaved wooden box about three inches long. There is a bit of green German paper grass in the box.
The price is $38.
These colorful felt creations can make your home look like spring. The white bunny in a green cup is $16. The Kitty in a Cup is $33. They cheer you up just to look at them.
If you need a stuffed bunny, I have two from Ditz. One is large and brown and costs $72.
One is small and white and costs $32.
We have German papier mache egg boxes that can be used to hide Easter Surprises. They can be used year after year. To fill them, we have German chocolates and simple wind-up toys and huggable Maileg stuffed animals. Let us help you with your Easter needs. But Hurry! Easter will soon be here.
Our Easter selection will be on display until Orthodox Easter, April 12th. If you come after that date, you will see our nativities back on our shelves. Whenever you come to Santa Fe, please stop by Susan's Christmas Shop to say hello and see what is new. If you live too far away to do this, I send my fond greetings, wherever you are in this wide world.
Your friend in Santa Fe,
Susan
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