Rewards peek: Department 56

As you're gearing up for holiday shopping or just looking for a unique gift, we're offering a peek at the rewards program at Department 56.

For those not familiar with Department 56, it launched 30 years ago as part of Bachman's, a retail florist in Minneapolis. Bachman's used a numbering system to identify departments and the number assigned to wholesale gift imports division was — 56. Department 56 offers giftware, collectibles and holiday decorating items and well-known for its hand-crafted lighted villages, Snowbabies figurines and holiday and home decorative products.

Its rewards program starts when you sign up — you got 1,000 points for that.

Then you earn five points for every dollar spent. Then if you help promote the brand you get 250 points for every review (photo, written, video), 100 points for following the brand on social media (Insta, Facebook and Pinterest).

There's also a 500-point birthday rewards offering.