Pattern Profile: Holly Days (1985) 

Available during late 1985 & 1986, Holly Days is Corelle's first Christmas themed pattern.  It is a three-coloured design in green, red and black, and bowls & saucers are decorated with a single green band.

Different types of sets were offered, a 16-piece set being most typical.  Each place setting included: dinner plate, side plate, soup/cereal bowl, mug.  In a 20-piece set were: dinner plate, side plate, dessert bowl, cup & saucer.  A 12-piece set was comprised of dinner plates and cups & saucers.

Mugs are opal Pyrex, and cups generally are the small extra-white Pyrex type, borrowed from the Livingware 2 product line.  There are also round-bottom Pyrex cups which might have been distributed during the test-marketing phase.

Holly Days Livingware 2 Pyrex cup and flared Pyrex mug.

(Photo right: Pyrex round-bottom cup.)

Corelle Dinnerware:
Dinner Plate (10¼")
Side Plate (6¾")
Saucer (6¼") *

Pyrex Cup (round-bottom, 8 oz)
Pyrex Mug (flared, 9 oz)
Pyrex Livingware 2 Cup (7-8 oz)  
Pyrex Cream & Sugar (new style - large)

Dessert Bowl (10 oz 5-3/8") *
Soup/Cereal Bowl (18 oz 6¼") *

1 Qt Serving Bowl (8½") *
2 Qt Serving Bowl (10¼") *
Oval Platter (12½")

* - single green band

Holly Days Platter and 4 piece place setting.  Image from 1985 brochure.
The platter was known as a Holiday Party Plate.

Notable Absences:

Luncheon Plate (8½")
Flat Rim Soup Plate (8½")

Others:
Glassware was made for Holly Days with an authentic looking design.  One style, by an unidentified maker, has a straight-sided shape, slightly narrower at the bottom, with a thick heavy base.  It seems that the usual manufacturers of chrome-top accessories did not produce any obvious Holly Days look-alikes.

Holly Days 5 piece place setting, two sizes of serving bowls and platter. 
(B&W promotional photo.)


Related Articles:

Pyrex Flared Mug (1979)
Livingware 2 Cup (1983)
Plate Styles: Coupe
Livingware 2 (1983)
Comparing Holly Days & Winter Holly

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