Marshall Field's Walnut Room - 1986 Santa Bear Mug
Over the years, I've shared my family's experiences at the Walnut Room at Marshall Field's Macy's on State Street in Chicago . We go every year and have gone since I was just a little guy. It is something that my Mom organizes and I come to look forward to each season. I've also chronicled the unfortunate fate of Uncle Mistletoe and Marshall Field's itself . I've also begun to build a document of the annual mugs that are released by the Walnut Room each year at Christmastime. This post has the full reference list that I've built so far. But, the photo above includes a new one: 1986 featuring Santabear in red outline form 1 . Or at least that I thought it was Santabear. But, look at the band on his hat: Mistletoe. And if you look closely at the scrawl on the far right you'll see: "Greetings from Mistletoe Bear." What the what?!? Let's go back and look at the history so far on the blog as documented through the glass...