Santa hats, Santa beards, reindeer and snowmen. Joy, warmth and anticipation. Christmas is the festive feast of smiles, and our Christmas Hoptimists are sure to spread smiles during this joyous holiday time. They make ideal fun-filled Christmas decorations, but they also make wonderful hostess gifts, Advent calendar gifts or white elephant gifts. Because joy itself is a gift!
H 9.5 cm, D 5.9 cm
With a strong belief in the power of smiles, Gustav Ehrenreich founded his happy Hoptimist movement in the late 1960s. The aim was to create a figurine that would serve as a constant reminder to stay positive and optimistic. For although the 1960s are often referred to as the “Swinging Sixties”, the decade was marked by unrest. This made Ehrenreich’s design a welcome spreader of joy in an otherwise turbulent time.
Bimble and Bumble represent the very first Hoptimists designed by Ehrenreich: A girl with smiling eyes wearing a dress and an alert, inquisitive boy with a tuft on his head. Today, the happy Hoptimists are part of Danish design history and they spark joy all over the world.