Department 56 Snow Village Halloween Accessory: Sleepy Hollow Gunpowder Horse Sale Introduction: 1971

Introduction: 1971

is presented with a special decoration and commemorative decal to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first appearance of Schulz’s comic strip which he composed for almost 50 years

A demonstration of just how much emotion can be conveyed in such a simple piece

"Emaciated Evil"

35 in H x 2

Department 56 Snow Village Halloween Accessory: Sleepy Hollow Gunpowder Horse Sale Introduction: 1971Based on the literary classic "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. Lent to Ichabod Crane by Hans Van Ripper, Gunpowder was a broken down plow horse, that had outlived almost everything but its viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck, and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil