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Christmas Decorating "The fir tree was put into a great tub
filled with sand... The servants, and the young ladies also decked it
out. On one branch they hung little nets, cut out of colored paper;
every net was filled with sweetmeats; golden apples and walnuts hung
down as if they grew there, and more than a hundred little candles, red,
white and blue, were fastened to the different boughs. Dolls that looked
exactly like real people-- the Tree had never seen such before-- swung
among the foliage, and high on the summit of the Tree was fixed a tinsel
star. It was splendid, particularly splendid. "This evening,"
said all, "this evening it will shine." Homemade paper cornucopias, filled with
sweets, fruit, nuts and popcorn hung on many Victorian Christmas
trees. Glass Christmas tree balls, hand crafted in Lauscha, made their
first appearance on American trees in the 1860s, primarily in the
homes of German immigrants. Other early ornaments were made of lead
and formed into flat geometric shapes, such as stars and crosses.
"Store bought" Christmas tree ornaments were introduced
around 1870 and quickly began to replace the homemade (usually edible)
decorations. Most were crafted in Germany, from Dresden and tiny
villages in the Thuringian Mountains. From the 1870s to 1890s, many
Victorian Christmas trees were trimmed with ornaments formed with wax
in the shape of angels and children. Also cotton-wool ornaments were
used, crafted with embossed paper faces, trimmed with buttons, powered
glass and gold paper wings.
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