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Chronicle of Christmas OrnamentsDuring the 1800's, various types of ornaments decorated Christmas trees. Down through the years, the types of ornaments we use as decorations have changed. From flavorful fruit to balls onto personalized photograph ornaments, Christmas ornaments evolved. We will chronicle the history of Christmas ornaments through the past 200 years.In the early 1800's, the first Christmas ornaments were commonly fruits such as apples, oranges and nuts. The evergreen Christmas trees of Germany had decorations of hard cookies that were fashioned into numerous Christmas items such as gingerbread. Stings of bright colorful cranberries, popcorn and other small gifts and items hung on the Christmas trees in America. In the United Kingdom, Christmas tree ornaments were often constructed of lace and paper. After awhile, Christmas ornaments became so trendy that it was sometimes difficult to see the tree under the ornaments. During the mid 1800's Christmas tree ornaments, were generally homemade by friends and family. Eventually, German manufacturers began mass-producing Christmas tree ornaments for the holiday season, especially for Christmas time decorating. Although ornaments began as humble nuts, fruits and other edibles, the Christmas ornaments of this era were glassware. These types of ornaments began as glass replicas of various food items that were decorating Christmas trees at that time. Eventually, glass replicas of cookie shapes appeared as well as bells and hearts, which were of bright beautiful colors. Ornaments became available in various sizes and shapes by Christmas in the late 1800’s. In the US, German glass ornaments were up for sale at Woolworth's, these were generating that company several million dollars in sales of the Christmas ornaments. Many households made a game of Christmas ornaments. There are stories of a glass pickle ornament that could be hidden in the Christmas tree to be rewarded to the most observant child who could find the pickle ornament in the Christmas tree. It is unclear, as to who may have played this game or where it began. Stories of that time and actual traditions do not correspond, however it is an endearing Christmas ornament story. In the late 1800's, while Germany was producing glass ornaments, other artisans began fashioning Christmas ornaments from other materials. These ornaments were made of embossed or pressed paper, although eventually they were fashioned of pressed tin, creating icicles and brilliantly colorful lithographed Christmas ornaments. Near the end of the Victorian era, Christmas ornaments were most often handcrafted. Various magazines of the Victorian era, provided directions of how to make such handcrafted ornaments. These ornaments were customarily crafted from household items. Often, they were crochet or tatted items. During this era, Christmas ornaments were commercially available. They were extraordinarily colorful, quite large and some were even overly extravagant. At this time, figurines of young children, elves and animals overtook the Christmas scene. The beadwork, tinsel and wire decorations became very intense. In the early 1900's, there was a mass production of handcrafted Christmas ornaments. Each ornament was handcrafted of glass and offered a high quality of original handcrafted Christmas ornaments. German glass ornaments were still ranking high in the most popular types of Christmas ornaments you could purchase. However, eventually this changed as well. The new century brought along a new war and between the war and the great depression, the sale of Christmas ornaments declined. However, this trend was short lived. Although America was struggling financially, F.W. Woolworth decided that an American Company in New York should begin producing American Christmas ornaments, since Christmas tree ornaments were so very popular. The Corning Company of Corning, New York, began producing Christmas tree ornaments in the late 1930s, when previously they made light bulbs. This business idea took off like wildfire. Furthermore, by the early 1940s Corning was making more than 300,000 Christmas ornaments a day while outsourcing them to other companies to complete their decorations. Shiny Bright Christmas ornaments were machine made with a silver lacquer to enhance their decoration. The material useful for decorating Christmas ornaments became harder to come by when WWII began. At that time, ornaments became much simpler. Many homes were decorated with personalized handmade ornaments. Store bought ornaments were fashioned of fewer materials at this time since there was a shortage in useful materials. Many companies have developed their own keepsake Christmas ornament collections, in the past 50 years. Large glass Christmas ornaments made some interesting memories with their shine and sparkle as each holds a cherished memory. Such memories may include, choosing your favorite Christmas ornament to hang on the tree, drinking hot cocoa as you help your family decorate your tree and other precious memories that make Christmas such a special time of the year. Personalized Christmas ornaments inspire us with memories of Christmas past so that you do not allow out Christmas memories to fade over time. Every Christmas season as we begin decorating our homes cause us to remiss of the days gone by. We can use personalized Christmas ornaments to help us weave our experiences of our various holiday celebrations. Although, you may not be hunting a glass pickle for your Christmas tree, today you may gaze into the face of someone you love upon the Christmas tree. Every year our Christmas trees have become more special to us with our personal collection of personalized ornaments. Today, you can collect all sorts of Christmas ornaments such as personalized photo ornaments, musical ornaments, cartoon character ornaments as well as commemorative ornaments. |
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