New Year’s Eve Themed Spreader Sets
Here we are, ringing in another New Year this evening. Hard to believe that we’re on the cusp of 2022.
To mark the occasion, I thought I might take a look at some of the New Year’s Eve themed spreader sets that have been made.
Surprisingly, given the vast number of Christmas-themed spreader sets that were made, there have been very few sets issued that celebrate the New Year. Here are the few that was able to find:
The cleverest must be this Boston Warehouse set issued in 1999 to mark the celebration of the New Millennium. The set was named “2000 or Bust,” and depicts the humorous group of four “folks” (which appeared in several other BW sets). The folks are wearing fancy dress and holding champagne classes to ring in the New Year. The attention to funny details: the sparkly clothes, mirrored sunglasses, hats and tiaras emblazoned with “2000,” on their pudgy little bodies — are thoroughly humorous.
This set issued by Christopher Radko is the most specifically New Year’s Eve-themed, depicting a champagne bottle wrapped with New Year ribbons; a behatted Baby New Year on a globe; a grandfather clock; and a ball on top of a Times Square-style building.
Cardinal issued this set of black-and-gold champagne bottles for the Year 2000 celebrations. The bottles have “2000” labels decorated with confetti, and are wearing red bow ties and top hats.
I suppose this Cardinal-issued spreader house set of champagne bottles in a silver wine bucket could be considered New Year’s Eve-themed, since most Americans drink champagne only on that occasion each year.
And, for that matter, perhaps this set of “Celebration” spreaders from Boston Warehouse could easily be used for a News Year’s Eve party. The red bows, holly berries and candy cane are undoubtedly Christmas-themed, but the gold “Cheers,” champagne bottle and martini/olives definitely lend a New Year’s Eve flavor to the set.
These were all the sets I could find on this theme, and again, I find it surprising that so few have been issued for the holiday — even compared to, say, 4th of July and other single-day holidays.
But then again, how many sets does a collector need?
Happy New Year – Best Wishes for 2022!
