Jan van Haasteren 'The Village of Santa Claus' 1000 pieces

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Jan van Haasteren Puzzle 'The Village of Santa Claus'

I made this puzzle. It is the puzzle 'The Village of Santa Claus' (Santa's Village) – this is number 20075, release in 2022 on October 15. This puzzle is drawn by Robert Derks Studio Jan van Haasteren. It's this puzzle:

and this is the box:

This puzzle has also been released in 5000 pieces and will be released from November 12, 2022 (Number 20076).

Review video of the puzzle 'Jan van Haasteren Christmas Village'

I made a review video of this very nice puzzle drawn by Rob Derks, in which you also see all recurring elements:

All in all: very excited about this puzzle by Rob Derks! You're really puzzling, it's not too easy. And there is a lot to see in this Santa Claus village: a tour with Freddy Mercury in it, the ZZ top men, the twins, a Christmas tree is being bought by the Santa Clauses, Santa Claus and Sinterklaas are here, Jan's self-portrait van Haasteren is there, and much more! Please watch my review video. A wonderful Christmas puzzle and fun to give or make during the Christmas season. A beautiful winter scene!

A Christmas Puzzle

This puzzle is great fun to make or to give as a gift during the Christmas season. There is a special overview with all christmas puzzles. A a special category 'Jan van Haasteren Christmas puzzles'

Unpacking video 'Village of Santa Claus'

I made an unpacking video of this puzzle:

Rob Derks and Nijmegen and 'Village of Santa Claus'

Rob Derks is the artist of this puzzle and he lives in Nijmegen. Also in this puzzle he was able to mention Nijmegen, and you can see that on the route signs:

By the way, if you look closely, you will also see a sign to Zaandam, which is where JUMBO is located, namely:
West side 184, 1506 EK Zaandam

Laying the puzzle

Despite the live streams I made of this puzzle, also a few photos of laying the puzzle. This was tricky, especially the beginning with the edges, because in the edges you see a lot of blue sky and lots of bits of white snow. Oh yes, and I miss 1 straight piece of the edge again. But that worked out later, I hadn't sorted the pieces properly:

I started sorting the pieces by color and started with the ice scooter on which the two policemen go after the crook. And also started with the stairs of 1 of the Santa Claus houses:

Also started laying the green colors, namely the green doors of all Santa's houses and the Santa's purchased Christmas tree. Which they still have to put together. Modern Santas who order a Christmas tree online. And: even though we started with the very tricky part of the white snow and the roofs of the Santa Claus houses:

And I didn't take very many pictures of the laying, since I did a live stream for this puzzle 3x. Here's where I got it:

3x a Livestream about laying

I made a Livestream 3 x about laying this puzzle. That has been the following 3 live streams:
– Live stream 1:

– Live stream 2:

– Live stream 3:

This puzzle is in 1 or more search books

This puzzle is in 1 or more search books by Jan van Haasteren. These are not only fun search books to search for recurring elements, you can also ideally use the image of this puzzle as an 'extra' large poster while puzzling! View the overview with our 'Jan van Haasteren search books'

How long will it take you to complete this 1000 piece puzzle?

I made the puzzle 'The Village of Santa Claus' in peace and it also took several days. Beautiful on a puzzle mat made on the floor in the living room. For the first time I made a live stream of this puzzle 3 x and therefore didn't keep track of the time very accurately. The following will then remain a global estimate. But to give you an idea how long it took me to complete this JvH puzzle of 1000 pieces:

• Explaining the pieces: 20 minutes
• Laying the edges = 30 minutes
• Laying the rest of the pieces = 6 hours and 40 minutes
• So it took me a total of 7 hours and 30 minutes to complete this puzzle. That is faster than it takes me on average over a JvH jigsaw puzzle, namely about 8 hours

About Jumbo puzzles

Jumbo (not to be confused with our supermarket Jumbo!) makes toys, games and puzzles. Jumbo, for example, has made the very well-known games such as “Human don't get annoyed” and “Stratego” and “PimPamPet”. Games that have been around for generations and are still widely played by both young and old. Jumbo has been making and developing toys since about 1900. In the early years of the company, only toys from other countries were imported to the Netherlands. However, since about 1930 it was decided to also make their own toys, at the time manufacturing wooden toys, which was very popular at the time. Almost all toys in those years were made of wood. An important spearhead was that the toys made by Jumbo had to be of very good quality; it had to be as strong as an Elephant. An elephant had to stand on it! The red elephant has been the hallmark of Jumbo's games and puzzles for years. The name Jumbo and the red elephant together form the logo from about 1935. The Jumbo elephant is drawn by Mr. Möhr. He worked at an advertising agency and regularly signed for Hausemann & Hötte. Mr Möhr was at one point commissioned to design a beautiful new elephant logo for the Hausemann & Hötte toys. The logo has changed a bit since then. For example, the eye has grown over the years and has dropped slightly more, resulting in a friendlier elephant.

In the past, the elephant was not only used in the color red, but in all kinds of colors such as blue, yellow, black, white and green. All those colors were cozy and playful. For example, one time there was a yellow elephant on the box and the other time a red one. It was usually looked at which color best matched the color of the box. It was not until the end of the 60s that the red elephant was definitively chosen. Red is a color that stands out and attracts attention.

From 1945 Jumbo also started to focus on games made of cardboard. Jumbo has therefore been a guarantee for strong quality for years! Jumbo is a unique Dutch company with a rich history, with its head office in Zaandam. About 130 employees work for Jumbo. With a turnover of €75 million, Jumbo is a medium-sized European player in toys. Jumbo has sales offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. They export to more than 25 countries around the world.

In 1980 Jumbo starts the production of Jan van Haasteren Puzzles.

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• 16 Januari 2023

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  Wim Slot, Eindhoven - It concerns the puzzle The village of Santa Claus of 5.000 pieces (20076) It was a challenging puzzle to make and also very varied.
  

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