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Make Christmas decorating fun

    Up until the mid 19th century, Christmas ornaments were entirely handmade. Using anything available, homeowners would make decorations out of scraps of cloth, wood, pinecones and so forth. Christmas ornaments first starting appearing on store shelves during the 1870s. These were made of lead in geometric shapes or as stars, crosses and butterflies.

Shortly thereafter, glass ornaments from Germany were introduced. The Germans were renowned for making the highest quality ornaments. They were truly exquisite. They had over 5000 ornament molds and over 100 glass blowing workshops devoted entirely to making them. In 1880, F.W. Woolworth stocked his shelves with glass ornaments, but he did so with reluctance. He didn't think they would sell. By 1890, he was importing over 200,000 ornaments a year and selling 25 million dollars worth, at 5 and 10 cents per ornament! Christmas ornaments have been a holiday decorating staple ever since.

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