The new USA Made Lionel Ornaments should be winners. They are brass and plated or either colorized. Chem Art makes those ornaments for everyone...White House...Danbury Mint...etc... The LRRC is offering one on the website.
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Will the reissue of the salt & pepper shakers be next ?
The LRRC 2013 Christmas car looks better than the annual Lionel Christmas car.
How many of you remember the old ceramic(?) Lionel Christmas Ornaments?
Maybe the re-issue of Iron workers hard hats.
There was one on auction yesterday that was orange
with the big "L" on it that went for $600.00
Now that's what I need. A choo choo hard hat. 
If you have a Christmas Tree that has a train theme, these ornaments would be kind of neat. I would not be surprised if they turned out to be very good sellers.
Originally Posted by Big Jim:
How many of you remember the old ceramic(?) Lionel Christmas Ornaments?
I have several of them, previously used on my large all-train Christmas tree. In recent years I've gone with smaller trees, so tend to "rotate" the ornaments used from year to year. My tin Hallmark ornaments are displayed year-round though, on a metal armature Christmas tree.
The LRRC Santa Fe ornament looks good. I can see us adding that to the tree.
Our Christmas tree has evolved over the last few years in to a train theme tree!
It all started innocently enough with a couple of the Hallmark Lionel ornaments
I managed to add a set of Lionel tree lights two years ago and from there the monster has grown.
It is quiet unusual here in the UK and we always get comments from friends when they visit over Christmas.
hmmm choo choo hard hat....not going to get some job site ribbing for that one.
I just about get away with my hard hat which looks like it has bullet holes. Made in the USA of course.
I'm not sure if I'll be getting any of the Lionel Christmas ornaments.
I have quite a few Hallmark ornaments, and I'm trying to reduce my collecting, so I'm leaning towards not adding any new ornament collections.
I do agree with Mike W. about the brass ornaments. Some brass ornaments are pretty cheap looking. The Lionel ornaments look to be well made. If I do purchase any, I like the locomotive collection ornament (Hudson on one side, Lionel logo on the other) and the LRRC Santa Fe F3. The two-sided ornament is a nice touch. Most brass ornaments are decorative on only one side.
If I only get those 2 ornaments, then I have perhaps the 2 most iconic Lionel locomotives, the Hudson and the Santa Fe F3, but there is the temptation to continue purchasing more ornaments in future years.
