Sam Butcher sometimes struggled to explain why Precious Moments figurines ... “God Loveth a Cheerful Giver,” and it was a little girl with a wagon full of puppies to give away.

I am a collector of precious moments. When I was little, I used to be gifted these little hand-painted porcelain figurines that just so happened to be called “Precious Moments.” They were ...

The original Precious Moments figurine, released in 1978, is called “Love One Another” and depicts two children, a girl and a boy ... as he told it, did little to foreshadow the financial ...