Longaberger Tree Trimming Collection Holiday Basket 3-Piece Boxed Set

A highly collectible 3-piece estate lot of officially licensed, hand-woven miniature containers from the annual Tree Trimming Collection series produced by Longaberger Baskets of Dresden, Ohio. This festive, multi-year ensemble brings together highly sought-after winter holiday milestone designs from 2009, 2010, and 2012, all beautifully preserved with their original custom fabric liners, clear plastic interior protectors, ceramic collector charms, and original factory-issued red storage boxes.
Lot Items & Details
2009 Tree Trimming “Peppermint Twist” Basket: A beautifully proportioned miniature market basket hand-woven from natural maple splints intertwined with bold vertical bands of deep forest green splints. Equipped with an overhead wood swing handle.
Accessories: Outfitted with a festive, rich crimson red and forest green tartan holiday plaid fabric liner. Complete with a flat, drop-in solid WoodCrafts lid painted in a striking forest green and cream spiral pinwheel peppermint swirl graphic design. Suspended from the front rim by a gold metallic cord is its original oval ceramic collector’s charm reading “Longaberger® / Peppermint Twist / 2009 / Tree Trimming™”. Includes a form-fitting clear plastic interior protective liner.
Markings: The solid green-stained bottom base plate features a crisp gold-stenciled logo identifying its collection origin, reading “Longaberger® 2009 / Handmade Baskets / Est. Dresden, OH U.S.A. / Tree Trimming™”.
2010 Tree Trimming “Little Falling Snow” Basket: A small, round bowl-profile holiday basket featuring a dynamic weave structure. The center is styled with a wide forest green band overlaid with white stenciled snowflakes, framed by thick white horizontal tracking splints. Equipped with an overhead wood swing handle.
Accessories: Outfitted with a matching holiday plaid print fabric liner and a high-clarity clear plastic interior protector liner. Complete with its original form-fitting WoodCrafts lid finished with a smooth forest green top and an integrated cream-stained wood snowflake knob handle.
Markings: The base runner panel is cleanly stamped underneath with the official corporate “Longaberger® 2010 / Tree Trimming™” logo and manufacturing graphics.
2012 Tree Trimming “Little Drum” Basket: A highly unique, circular holiday novelty basket meticulously hand-woven from plain natural maple hardwoods. The upper and lower rims are wrapped in wide white fabric tracks decorated with a bright silver glitter strip pattern. The side walls are laced with an intricate, geometric silver cord grid to perfectly mimic a vintage holiday marching drum. Equipped with an overhead wood swing handle.
Accessories: Outfitted with a premium, over-the-rim ivory fabric liner beautifully decorated with a detailed embroidered central holiday motif showing a sprig of green holly leaves, red winterberries, and silver sleigh bells. Includes a flat, recessed drop-in solid forest green WoodCrafts lid and a clear plastic interior protector liner. Suspended from the front rim by a gold metallic cord is its original oval ceramic collector’s charm reading “Longaberger® / Little Drum / 2012 / Tree Trimming™”.
Markings: The under-surface wood base plate features a crisp black stenciled logo reading “Longaberger® 2012 / Handmade Baskets / Est. Dresden, OH U.S.A. / Tree Trimming™”.
Condition Report
Weave & Woodwork: Exceptional, mint collector-grade condition across all three pieces. The woven hardwood splints remain perfectly tight, uniform, and completely free of cracks, structural splits, or loose ends. All wood swing handles are robust and pivot cleanly. The solid wood lids are pristine, and the custom snowflake knob handle is firmly anchored without play. The silver glitter trim and drum string lacing remain fully complete and untarnished.
Liners, Charms & Packaging: All specialized fabric liners and the complex embroidery work are pristine, clean, dry, completely un-faded, and free of storage dust, fraying, or stains. The clear plastic interior protectors are bright, transparent, and entirely free of warping or cracking. Both ceramic collector charms are flawless with bright gold lettering and zero crazing. All three original red retail storage boxes are structurally sound, clean, and sturdy, with fully legible factory label prints.