Who knew that Metro Detroiters still have a love for Santa Bears?
We asked readers if they remembered the lovable stuffed animal Santa Bears from Hudson’s from back in the day. Every year, the department store came out with a new Santa Bear, complete with a fun little outfit the commemorated the year.
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It turns out that not only do a lot of people still display their Santa Bears each year, a lot of people own almost every single one. The amount of photos we had submitted of dozens of Santa Bears was almost mind blowing. People really loved collecting these adorable bears.
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Because each Santa Bear is so unique, we thought I’d be cool to have a record or log of every Santa Bear that was made while they were produced. Hudson’s came out with a new one from 1985-2007. That’s 22 years of Santa Bears!
Luckily, an owner of all of the Santa Bears (plus a whole lot more Santa Bear memorabilia) reached out to us, and his collection is rather impressive.
Joshua Simpson has an Instagram account called @hibernationstation, where he shows off his extensive Santa Bear collection. Not only does he have every bear that was made during those 21 years, but he has blankets, snow globes and so much more that features Santa Bears.
He graciously let us use photos of the Santa Bears from his collection so we can show all of you. You can scroll down and see photos of every annual Santa Bear that was released. Enjoy!
1985 Santa Bear
1986 Santa Bear
1987 Santa Bear
1988 Santa Bear
1989 Santa Bear
1990 Santa Bear
1991 Santa Bear
1992 Santa Bear
1993 Santa Bear
1994 Santa Bear
1995 Santa Bear
1996 Santa Bear
1997 Santa Bear
1998 Santa Bear
1999 Santa Bear
2000 Santa Bear
2001 Santa Bear
2002 Santa Bear
2003 Santa Bear
2004 Santa Bear
2005 Santa Bear
2006 Santa Bear
2007 Santa Bear
Aren’t they all just so cute?! How many Santa Bears did you have? Which years? Let know in the comments below!