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Technology ArticleChristmas Ornaments for your Holiday Tree Christmas ornaments are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to festoon a Christmas tree. Ornaments take many different forms, from a simple round ball to highly artistic designs. Ornaments are almost always reused year after year, rather than purchased annually, and family collections often contain a combination of commercially produced ornaments and decorations created by family members. Such collections are often passed on and augmented from generation to generation. Santa Claus is a commonly used figure. Candy canes, fruit, animals and snowflake imagery are also popular choices Lucretia P. Hale's story "The Peterkins' Christmas-Tree"[1] offers a short catalog of the sorts of ornaments used in the 1870s: There was every kind of gilt hanging-thing, from gilt pea-pods to butterflies on springs. There were shining flags and lanterns, and bird-cages, and nests with birds sitting on them, baskets of fruit, gilt apples, and bunches of grapes." The modern-day Christmas ornament was originally invented in the small German town of Lauscha in the late 16th century. To find great deals on christmas ornaments type in Christmas ornaments into the search box to find all the deals on Christmas ornaments southeasterngifts.com Wikipedia Disclaimer Above information is from wikipedia and is freely distributed under the GNU license Also See: All Articles |