I don’t know about the rest of you, but I like people to know about my love of video games at every possible opportunity. That way I know who to engage in video game conversations. What am I talking about? I absolutely do know you all feel that way too and that’s why you’ve come looking for guidance on the very best video game holiday ornaments. Whether you’ve got family visiting this holiday season you don’t know all that well and you’re looking for conversation starters, or you’re going to sneak an ornament onto someone’s tree and see if anyone notices, we’ve got options for you. What do you mean nobody does that?
The Legend Of Zelda Link Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament
Hyrule For The Holidays
Link’s Breath of the Wild design is perfectly replicated in this Christmas ornament, from his battle-ready pose to the details on his Champion’s tunic. He wields a bow and arrow, with his sword and shield on his back.
Our wait for moreZeldacame to an end in 2023, and what an end it was.Tears of the Kingdomnot only ended a six-year Zelda drought, but it gave us an incredible follow-up that made the previous game feel like a trial run. The first holiday season post-Tears of the Kingdom is a little soon for ornate ornaments related to it, butBreath of the Wildhas been around long enough for its Link to be hanging from your tree. Any pose would have been great, but Hallmark went the extra mile by modeling the ornament after the pose Link strikes when dropping from the sky in slow motion as he fires an arrow. Even better, if you want more holiday-themed Zelda stuff,we have an entire gift guide dedicated to it.
Bluey Christmas Ornament
Bluey On Your Tree, For Real Life
Bluey’s range of officially licensed Christmas ornaments takes the personal touch to the next level since you can add your own, or the recipient’s, name to them. Other character options are available and may vary in price.
Okay, okay, hear me out. I know this is a guide featuring holiday ornaments for gamers, and Bluey isn’t technically a character from a video game, but I know a lot of gamers, and a significant chunk of them love Bluey. If you don’t love Bluey, I can almost guarantee there’s someone in your life who does, so buy them this ornament and stop complaining. Also, you know what, Bluey is a character from a video game now. The heeler and her family are the stars of Bluey: The Videogame, one of many perfect Bluey-themed gifts you can buy for your loved ones this Christmas,listed in our Bluey gift guidealong with this ornament.
Kingdom Hearts King Mickey Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament
Mickey Mouse’s Coolest Moment
King Mickey from Kingdom Hearts is ready to take on any Heartless that comes his way in this Christmas ornament. Wielding the iconic Kingdom Key Keyblade, he marches forward into battle!
MoreKingdom Heartsis coming. That’s a fact, and I’m not referring tothe new mobile game. I’m referring to the fully-fledged next installment in the series, Kingdom Hearts 4, and what better way to remind everyone who sees your Christmas tree than by having King Mickey swinging his keyblade and hanging from your branches? I know what Kingdom Hearts fans are like. They’d love nothing more than to have an entire Christmas tree covered in Kingdom Hearts characters. I’m not sure there are enough ornaments connected to the game to make that happen, but hey, why not buy like 20 King Mickeys and have him dominate your holiday decor this season?
Hallmark Sega Genesis Christmas Tree Ornament
SE-GA!
Hallmark’s collection of Christmas tree ornaments includes quite a few modeled after classic consoles. The Sega Genesis is one of them, shrunk down to size so it’s small enough to hang from your tree. Complete with two controllers, a Sonic cartridge, and the power button lights up.
On top of turning lots of our favorite video game characters into Christmas tree ornaments, Hallmark has also cast a magical festive spell on a handful of classic consoles. Shrinking them down to a size even smaller than the mini versions some of them have on the market, this Gensis ornament, like some of the others, has bells and whistles that other ornaments simply do not. For starters, the tiny red light that would glow to indicate your Genesis was turned on is an even tinier functioning red light on the ornament. There’s also a miniature version of the very firstSoniccartridge and a couple of Genesis controllers. Perfect for any formerSegakids you need a gift for.
Hallmark Pokemon Gengar Christmas Tree Ornament
The Ghost-Type Of Christmas Present
Pokemon are for life, not just for Christmas. It’s nice to have them around for Christmas too though, and even though Gengar doesn’t scream festive, I’m sure its tree ornament will fit perfectly with everything else hanging from it this year.
Aside from seeing the odd Pikachu plush in a Santa hat,Pokemonmight not be something you commonly associate with the holidays. Time to change that by picking up this very reasonably priced Gengar ornament, another offering brought to you by Hallmark (seriously, Hallmark knows what gamers want on their trees almost as much as I do). There are other Pokemon options available, but come on, it’s Gengar. What other Pokemon could you possibly need? If this little Gengar is for you and you still need Pokemon gifts for the holidays, make sure you check back for our gift guide closer to December 25.
Animal Crossing K.K. Slider Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament
Celebrate Your Island This Christmas
Animal Crossing’s resident popstar K.K. Slider is ready for the Christmas season with this ornament. It’s even able to play the Animal Crossing opening theme.
When discussingNintendo’s top IPs and which of them should get new games next and even movies,Animal Crossingdoesn’t get mentioned enough.New Horizonsis the second best-sellingSwitchgame of all time, and it’s not even close. Seriously, with almost 44 million copies sold, it’s more than ten million copies clear of Breath of the Wild in third place. With that in mind, not only are a lot of people going to stop and admire your K.K. Slider ornament this Christmas, but they’ll likely burst with excitement when you reveal to them that it plays music too.
Hallmark Shadow The Hedgehog Christmas Tree Ornament
Shadow Celebrates The Holidays?
Sonic fans love to demonstrate their fandom outwardly in any way possible, no matter how bad the games might get. Do that this holiday season by popping a vengeful-looking Shadow on your tree in pride of place.
Sonic fans like everyone to know they’re Sonic fans. As someone with a Sonic tattoo covering half his right arm, I feel qualified to say that. I also get that some Sonic fans might not want to be quite that aggressive when it comes to showcasing their Sonic fandom, and perhaps in some cases, a Sonic ornament on a tree will do. Pretty much all of the main characters from Green Hill are available, but if you want the very best Sonic ornament available this Christmas, you need to go with Shadow. Not only because the darker hedgehog is a criminally underused character in the Sonic universe, but buy the ornament this year before its price inevitably shoots through the roof when he’s the star of Sonic 3, hitting cinemas in December 2024.
FAQ
What Is 2024’s Christmas Theme?
Holiday seasons have themes, apparently, and 2024’s is nature-inspired decor. In a nature-inspired nutshell, that means decorating your tree and your home with things you’d find out in nature. So pinecones, wreaths, and the tree itself I guess, as long as it’s not a plastic one. That wouldn’t be very natural at all.
How Many Christmas Tree Ornaments Do You Need?
Odds are if you have kids - or you decorated a Christmas tree as a kid - you know what it looks like when a tree has too many ornaments on it. If you’re unsure how many ornaments should be on your tree, there are guidelines depending on its height. A 6.5-foot tree should have 70 ornaments for light coverage and 105 for heavy, while a tree a foot taller should have 105 for light coverage and 140 if you want your branches to look a little busier.
