Prince Purple Rain Holiday Christmas Ornament

When Minneapolis luthier Dave Rusan carved a scrolled white maple guitar body with gold hardware and custom Love Symbol fret inlays for the 1984 film Purple Rain, he gave the First Avenue stage one of twentieth-century music’s most recognizable silhouettes. The Prince Purple Rain Holiday Christmas Ornament brings that unmistakable 1984 Minneapolis Sound aesthetic to winter evergreens, uniting ruffled white lace jabots, crushed-velvet purple coats, white doves, and the custom Cloud guitar across six contour-cut clear acrylic designs.

Rather than relying on a single static portrait, the six selectable variations let collectors choose the specific scene or lyric that resonates with their favorite track from the diamond-certified soundtrack. Style 1 recreates the film’s iconic cruiser motorcycle in metallic plum beneath a candy-cane and purple-ribbon archway, while Style 2 assembles an entire holiday tree out of purple Cloud guitars, vinyl LPs bearing Prince portraits, paisley baubles, and white doves in flight—a direct visual nod to When Doves Cry—above a velvet plinth inscribed PURPLE RAIN.

From First Avenue Guitar Solos to Dearly Beloved Lyrical Banners

Three of the portrait variations spotlight the stage wardrobe and opening lines that turned the 1984 album into an anthem of individuality. Style 3 positions the guitarist between twin purple-bowed pine trees in a gold-brocade purple trench coat and heeled black boots, fretting his white Cloud guitar above silver paisley scrollwork reading LET’S GO CRAZY. Style 4 echoes the spoken-word sermon that opens that same track, dressing the artist in a white faux-fur-trimmed purple Santa coat embroidered with a silver Love Symbol beside a velvet gift sack over a DEARLY BELOVED ribbon. For fans of the synth-driven balladry on side two of the record, Style 6 portrays him holding a strand of glowing purple and amber bulbs beside wrapped presents and a Love Symbol pinecone wreath above I WOULD DIE 4 U.

Featherweight Contour-Cut Acrylic Clarity for Boughs & Music Rooms

Style 5 centers the instrument itself, crowning an upright white Cloud guitar with a purple Santa cap, reindeer antlers, and a sprig of holly wrapped in multi-color string lights. Because every variation is laser-cut from flat, lightweight clear acrylic sized within 8 cm (approx. 3.1 inches), the ornament hangs cleanly from delicate outer pine tips without pulling branches downward like heavy glass or cast metal. Ambient tree bulbs catch the polished transparent border and illuminate the fade-resistant purple, gold, and ivory ink, while the pre-drilled top eyelet and included twisted gold cord make it ready to hang on a Christmas tree, a car rearview mirror, or a hook beside a home turntable setup. A gentle wipe with a soft, dry cloth keeps the surface clear season after season, and shoppers putting together a multi-day December gift bundle can pair this music keepsake with a 2026 brick ornament advent calendar for festive tabletop building.