New Mon Ami Joyful Tree – Green

A Christmas tree you can hug. Mon Ami’s Joyful Tree is a green Christmas tree plush, which puts it somewhere between a decoration and a character, and children settle that question quickly. It joins the tea party, it sleeps in the bed, and it turns up in December photos for years.

Christmas stuffed animals tend to get retired to a bin by January, so we look for the ones with enough personality to survive the sort. This one has it. It makes a good first Christmas plush toy for a toddler, a reliable gift for the child who already owns every truck and every doll, and a soft, quiet thing to sit under the tree beside all the loud things.

How do you wash a stuffed animal? Most plush toys are cleaned by spot cleaning with a little mild soap and water on a cloth, then air drying, rather than by machine washing. Manufacturers commonly recommend this because agitation and heat can loosen glued or applied details such as eyes, noses, and trims.