Santa Bear 10.5" Plushie w/ USA 2005 Christmas Postal Stamp & Wood Nutcracker

EXCELLENT Pre-owned Collectors Condition/ Very Well Preserved. Missing Tush-tags(SEE PICTURES FOR MORE DETAILS) Approximate Size: 10.5" Measured Laying Flat Rare Limited Edition Christmas Brown Bear Santa Claus with Attached Wooden Red Christmas Nutcracker and U.S. #3949-52 / 37¢ Holiday Cookies Contemporary Christmas Stamp Art on Jacket inside Embroidered White Frame   Stamp Issue Date: October 20, 2005 City: New York, NY Quantity: 200,000,000 Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America for Sennett Security Products Printing Method: Lithographed Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 10.75 x 11 Color: Multicolored The earliest cookies may date back to 7th-century Persia, one of the first countries to grow sugar cane. Early cooks prepared sweet, baked goods for important occasions. A cookie-sized amount of cake batter would be baked to test oven temperatures.   Many Asian recipes and ingredients (nuts, spices, and dried fruits) were introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages by returning crusaders. Gingerbread was first baked in Europe at the end of the 11th century.   Queen Elizabeth I gave important visitors gingerbread likenesses of themselves – the first gingerbread men. Later, the story of Hansel and Gretel inspired German bakers to produce elaborate gingerbread houses.   By the 1500s, Christmas cookies were made all over Europe. Lebkuchen, a German honey cookie, was the first traditional Christmas cookie, and anise-flavored Springerle have been a Christmas tradition in Ger