Our inbox has been bristling with e-mail enquiries from literally around the globe. Gibsons puzzles unique nostalgic look have taken the fancy of puzzlers from Canada to Australia. The Gibsons puzzles we find most popular are those that are based on paintings. Pictures of people interacting with each other, whether it be buying fresh produce or flowers at the market, visiting the village blacksmith or having a snowfight, we can safely say are our most consistent bestsellers. There are several Gibsons puzzle artists who are eagerly sought after and once their new pictures arrive it’s hard to keep them in stock.  Photographs are more the norm from other European manufacturers and, quite frankly, how many ways can you photograph the same castle? Anyway for us, it’s from strength to strength.

In years gone by the wisdom has been to make sure the Christmas puzzles had sold through before December 24th. This year has proven that false. As it is, the Gibsons Christmas puzzles are now the best selling range from Gibsons despite their short selling season. We are still taking orders for all the christmas puzzles, especially GIB 2009, the limited edition 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle by Marcello Conti. The image has proven to be fantastically popular on its own because the picture is a heartwarming image with or without the Christmas references. The new 2010 Christmas puzzle, also by Marcello Conti, is a wonderful image with Santa Claus, riding in his sleigh. The jigsaw puzzle will be available in fall 2010.

Surprisingly, after a very busy Christmas the most popular puzzles at this time of the year are those with winter scenes. January, through April are very strong months for all puzzles especially Gibsons with their wonderully painted nostagic images. The Blacksmith Shop, Village Crossing and Keeping out the Cold are only a few 1000 piece winter scene puzzles with the snowy weather either being enjoyed as in Team Effort (500 pieces) or with families protecting themselves against the most northerly winter blasts. The 1000 piece Gibsons Christmas puzzle has proven to be the singular best selling puzzle from Gibsons. Due to his success, Marcello Conti, who designed the 2009 Christmas puzzle, has been commissioned to create the 2010 Christmas puzzle. It will be presented in the latter part of 2010.