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11 5th, 2009| 
The Christmas tree is one of the most cherished symbols of the holiday season. When decorating your tree, you may use a variety of ornaments, or you may pick a specific theme. For instance you may want all silver ornaments, all blue ornaments, or you may want handmade Christmas decorations to deck out the tree.
Handmade Christmas decorations can either be made by your children and/or yourself, or you may want to purchase vintage handmade Christmas decorations to capture a particular moment in time. It’s also possible to find handmade outdoor Christmas decorations to keep your theme consistent.
When you think about Christmas ornaments most people initially think about Christmas baubles as the most common ornament. The Christmas ball is a never-ending symbol of Christmas tree decoration and probably the most sold Christmas ornament ever. There are three main types of Christmas ball decorations – glass, plastic and other materials.
Glass Christmas Decorations
The glass Christmas ornament is the longest lasting. It appeared in around the 1840s and has been a popular Christmas tree ornament ever since. Glass ornaments are available in numerous shapes and styled form the plain glass bauble to hand painted German Christmas ornaments. There are glass icicle designs and glass birds. One of the most popular collector’s items are crystal glass ornaments usually stars. Companies such as Swarovski and Waterford produce Christmas designs each year and many increase in value after a few years. There are other Crystal Christmas ornaments designs available snowmen, Santa’s and angels (these are especially popular and look so good in crystal)
Plastic Christmas Decorations
Plastic is used as a material for Christmas tree ornaments because it is cheap to produce and much less fragile than glass. Plastic Christmas decorations are great for having around children and pets. There are many colors and themes available in plastic. Clear plastic ball shapes that you can use to make your own handmade Christmas ornaments is a great favorite with children. They can add glitter or tinsel to the ball, snap it shut and they have their own personal decoration.
Other Christmas Decorations
There are many different materials that can be used to make Christmas decorations including straw, fabrics, wood, metal, food and paper. Food is one of the earliest forms of Christmas decoration, when it was used to celebrate the start of the new season of life in plants. Common food decorations include popcorn, dried fruits, biscuits or cookies and today we use chocolate in shiny foil as a popular ornament for our tree.
Christmas Decorations for the RV
Decorating the dashboard provides traveling décor for those on the go (36%). Since RVs have the space neither to store nor to display boxes of decorations, many RVers enjoy creating original hand-made decorations from found or gathered materials.
In addition to just letting them help you hang Christmas decorations, you may also want to let them make their own handmade Christmas decorations. There are a number of benefits to doing this.
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