SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
                       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 
  
                              FORM 8-K/A 
                           CURRENT REPORT 
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
  
                                       
                              December 18, 1997        
                     (Date of earliest event reported) 
  
                                       
                              Enesco Group, Inc.                     
           (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 
  
  
     Massachusetts               0-1349                   04-1864170    
   (State of               (Commission File No.)         (IRS Employer 
   Incorporation)                                      Identification No.) 
  
                                       
              333 Western Avenue, Westfield, Massachusetts  01085
          Address of principal executive offices, including zip code
  
                                       
                               (413) 562-3631                        
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 
  
  
                                      N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) 
  

  
      Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
 Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 1997 by Stanhome Inc.,
 currently known as Enesco Group, Inc. (the "Company"), is hereby amended
 and restated in its entirety as attached hereto.   
  
  
  

                                    SIGNATURE
  
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
 by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 
  
                                ENESCO GROUP, INC. 
  
  
  
                           
                                By /s/ Allan G. Keirstead   
                                  -----------------------------
                                Name:  Allan G. Keirstead 
                                Title: Vice Chairman, Executive 
                                       Vice President and Chief 
                                       Administrative and  
                                       Financial Officer 
  
  
  
 Dated:  July 31, 1998 
  
  
  

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
 Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibit 
  
  99.2          Pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet dated
                September 30, 1997 and pro forma condensed consolidated
                statement of income for the nine months ended September 30,
                1997 and for the year ended December 31, 1996