It became obvious in the early 2000s that manufacturing Christmas plastic products in the USA and Canada was becoming more difficult. The competition was moving offshore, where labor was cheaper. Christmas Night Inc.’s only choice was to start sourcing products from overseas.

I had been going to the Atlanta Gift Show and the New York Toy Show. It was at these shows that I found several importers of Christmas statues. A&B Floral provided us with a wonderful Nativity Set, which we began importing by the container load. Unfortunately, their factory began raising prices, and A&B decided to move their molds to another factory. The new factory was a complete failure, product quality was terrible, and we had to discontinue this wonderful line. In the meantime, we had been buying smaller Nativity sets from Roman Inc.’s Joseph Studio. These sets were beautiful but a little too fragile for outdoor use. However, we continued selling them until very recently.

I travelled to the FAME show in the Philippines in 2005. There, I discovered a manufacturer of Nativity and Christmas dolls made by AlRiver. The fabrics used for these dolls were fabulous, and we imported several containers of their dolls. We combined the dolls with plush animals from Hansa Creations. Hansa’s plush animals are also made in the Philippines.

That same year, I also visited AAA/YAB Designs in Manila. They had a wonderful collection of Christmas and Nativity Statues. We began importing Santas, Snowmen, Toy Soldiers, and Nativity figures from YAB.

10 years later, YAB moved its manufacturing to Cambodia. I visited them in Cambodia and found their operation in a sad state.

We turned our focus back to the Philippines and found Heinimex. At that time, Heinimex made very few Christmas products. I began designing Nativity Sets, Santas, Snowmen, and Nutcrackers. These are the products you can now see at www.christmasnightinc.com. Heinimex is a wonderful partner. We have worked together for over 15 years, designing many new items for Christmas Night Inc. Here are a couple of our newest products.