Thursday, November 22, 2012

Where did Christmas Waechtersbach Go?

Every year manufacturers offer new dinnerware patterns and older ones are retired, however in some instances an entire range of dinnerware patterns are discontinued at once based on business decisions that are best for the business.

For Waechtersbach that business decision  was one that changed production and resulted in Waechtersbach discontinuing some of their most notable Holiday Dinnerware Patterns including:

Waechtersbach Christmas Tree
The most popular Waechtersbach Christmas pattern features a lively green Christmas tree, decorated with lights on a holiday red dinnerware. The Christmas dinnerware pattern was launched in 1992 and was retired in 2012.

We went to the official Waechtersbach web site and found no Waechterbach Christmas Tree available. However we did find limited quantities of Waechtersbach Christmas Tree mugs, trees and accessories at Waechtersbach Warehouse.

Waechtersbach also is known for whimsical red and white holiday dinnerware too and three of these popular patterns were retired this year.

Waechtersbach George and Gracie featuring Snowmen
Waechtersbach Willie and Emma featuring Reindeer
Waechtersbach Tannenbaum featuring a Christmas Tree

We searched the web for these patterns and found a few items on ebay but very little on other sites.

While we are sad that several holiday patterns have been retired, Waechtersbach does offer Waechtersbach Holiday Winter Splendor which is a red and white pattern with a variety of holiday elements.

So if you are wondering where all the Waechtersbach Christmas patterns have gone, now you know that they have been retired. The good news is some pieces are still available on web sites and others can be purchased on ebay and other replacement web sites.

Happy Holidays,

Dr. Dinnerware

2 comments:

Scooter said...

Why do the plates say "made in West Germany" if they're from the 1990s?

Unknown said...

And now (2023) the Waechtersbach Warehouse website doesn't exist anymore either :(