BamaTanya Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) Seriously. Half of the mugs in our cabinet are Christmas mugs. I'm an educator. Dh is an educator. I think Christmas mugs are an easy present for someone to let us know they remember us on the holiday. I am NOT complaining. We use them -- all of them. We drink coffee and hot tea all year. And cocoa every cold morning. :D I'm not uptight about using them out of season. It's just funny to me that the "Hawaii" (my parents' trip) and the "I love Mom" and the "Life is a garden . . . " mugs get broken, while the Christmas mugs seem to last forever. The set of four matching mugs that came with our dishes? Only one left. And I wonder if my friends think I'm a nut when I offer them coffee and they open the cabinet to see my collection. :lol: It's not a huge collection, and we use almost every one every day. At least it looks like that when I run the dishwasher . . . No. My friends already know I'm nuts. :lol: What about YOU? Do you have Christmas mugs, too? Do you use them all year or keep them packed away until December? Just wondering where I am on the continuum . . . Edited August 28, 2011 by BamaTanya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwin Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 :lol: Well, we might not have as many as you do, but we do have a few snowman mugs in our rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We have a few Christmas mugs from Christkindl fests/marts. Most of our mugs are related to the military in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm an educator. Dh is an educator. I think Christmas mugs are an easy present for someone to let us know they remember us on the holiday. I am NOT complaining. We use them -- all of them. We drink coffee and hot tea all year. And cocoa every cold morning. :D What about YOU? Do you have Christmas mugs, too? Do you use them all year or keep them packed away until December? I was a teacher, and had quite the collection of Christmas mugs. Students and colleagues all seem to think they make a perfect gift. :001_smile: I weeded them out a few years ago. We now have one set of 4 Christmas mugs, and 3 extra mismatched ones. They get packed away with the Christmas stuff. When the Holiday season rolls around, I use one or 2 decoratively and we use the others for hot chocolate or tea. I still use my regular mugs for morning coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I have more Christmas mugs than anything else, too. Most of them revolve around Santa. I have a close second with cat mugs, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I love Christmas mugs :D We have quite a few but they usually just come out after Thanksgiving. I pull them out and put the others in the Christmas box. BTW I wouldn't think you were crazy to give me a Christmas mug in July ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We have a lot of Christmas mugs, too! :D I keep them in one of our Christmas boxes along with all the other random Christmas dishes we have (like kids plates and things). We use them ALL the time in December and then pack them right back up. I'm always excited to see my favorite ones :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm sitting here drinking my coffee this morning from a Christmas mug with a picture of kids sledding while snow falls on houses. Yep - lots of Christmas mugs here! Over half of the coffee mugs have Christmas scenes on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We have christmas mugs and filet trip mugs. I dont know WHERE the Christmas mugs came from because i never bought one. If we go on a field trip without DH, we bring him a mug. Recently, I moved the christmas mugs to the basement with the Christmas stuff because my cabinets were getting too cluttered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Christmas mugs are my favorite! The ones I have are large with nice chunky handles all fourr fingers can fit through. My only beef is that my Keurig won't brew strong coffee enough to fill them, LOL.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 My mother loved Christmas mugs. She had a lot of them. When she died, we counted more than 20 for a single woman, often they were gifts. We kept nearly everything from her apartment in boxes in our garage for nearly 2 years before I had the ability to sort and get rid of stuff. I finally got rid of most of those mugs, but I kept one for each kid. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenB Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Yes! My husband is an educator also, and every year we ended up with a minimum of 10 Christmas-themed mugs. We use all of the mugs, winter or not. Several are so large they can hold an entire can of Progresso soup. We too, get odd looks (off season) when we serve coffee or hot drinks in these mugs. Our mug collection takes up an entire cabinet that is larger than the one we use for regular drinking glasses. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBP Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We used to, until they all went to live at Goodwill, along with about a zillion OTHER mugs that we didn't need. Mugs seem to be one of those household items that reproduce like rabbits in the kitchen cabinet. I have a favorite, hubby has a favorite, DD has a favorite, & DS doesn't generally use mugs. Yes, occasionally I have friends over for coffee, so I like to have a few that match my everyday china and don't have chips in them. So I kept about seven mugs and sent the rest to bless someone else. Or overcrowd their cabinets. Whichever. :D With regard to Christmas and other holidays, I use solid white (everyday china) or ivory (special-occasion china) mugs/teacups and accessorize with placemats, centerpieces, and other decor for the specific season. Much simpler and less space-consuming, IMO, and easier/cheaper to change the look as my tastes/interests change. SBP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 We have an abundance, but we put them away each year. We often have a get together with hot apple cider or hot chocolate in the winter, so they do come in handy. I would get tired of seeing them the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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