I've started a new tradition this year, ordering a wooden holiday puzzle from Liberty Puzzles. It'll be a fun event to look forward to, opening up my puzzle at the beginning of December and enjoying a quiet night of Christmas movies, cheese ball and triscuits with eggnog or hot chocolate.
This one, titled "Up on the House Top," has a simple color scheme depicting the moment Santa lands on the roof. I love the circular uncommon shape. At 269 pieces it was easy enough to finish in one couple hour sitting, but not too low of a piece count that it felt simplistic. The pieces are thick and the edges of the wood burnished by the cut. The shapes are irregular, with some in "whimsy cuts" of familiar holiday items like the candlestick, snowflake, or wreath. The finished puzzle measures only 12.25 inches by 13.75 inches, so it was easy to work on a board on my lap.
Liberty Puzzles are so in demand right now that in order to purchase directly from the manufacturer I had to go to their website and enter my email address into a "queue" to wait in line for my turn to purchase. It took about a month for my turn to come up. And purchasers are limited to one single item. When I've looked on Ebay for this brand secondhand, the puzzles often go for more than the new price from the manufacturer. I'm sure I can keep this puzzle as an heirloom collector item for many Christmases to come.
