Personalized Glass Christmas Ornaments
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Personalized Christmas baubles
Facts about christmas ornaments
The traditional spherical ornaments you see on a multitude of Christmas trees are called baubles.
They were created in Lauscha, Germany by a man named Hans Greiner (1550-1609), who made them from glass.
Baubles were based on the original decoration material for Christmas trees- fruits and nuts.
Other glassblowers in Lauscha recognised the growing popularity of Christmas baubles and began producing them in a wide range of designs.
Soon, the whole of Germany began buying Christmas glassware from Lauscha.
On Christmas Eve 1832, a young Victoria wrote about her delight at having a tree, hung with lights, ornaments, and presents placed round it.
In the 1840s, after a picture of Victoria's Christmas tree was shown in a London newspaper decorated with glass ornaments and baubles
from her husband Prince Albert's native Germany, Lauscha began exporting its products throughout Europe.
The first American-made glass ornaments were created by William DeMuth in New York in 1870. In 1880, Woolworth's began selling Lauscha glass ornaments.
Other stores began selling Christmas ornaments by the late 19th century and by 1910, Woolworth's had gone national with over 1000 stores bringing Christmas ornaments across America.
New suppliers popped up everywhere including Dresden die-cut fiberboard ornaments which were popular among families with small children.
By the 20th century, Woolworth's had imported 200,000 ornaments and topped $25 million in sales from Christmas decorations alone.
As of 2009, the Christmas decoration industry ranks second to gifts in seasonal sales.
Many silver companies, such as Gorham, Wallace, Towle, Lunt and Reed & Barton, began manufacturing silver Christmas ornaments in 1970 and 1971.
In 1973, Hallmark Cards started manufacturing Christmas ornaments. The first collection included 18 ornaments, including six glass ball ornaments.
The Hallmark Keepsake Ornament collection is dated and available for just one year. By 1998, 11 million American households collected Hallmark ornaments,
and 250,000 people were member of the Keepsake Ornament Collector's Club. There were as many as 400 local Keepsake Ornament Collector's Club chapters in the US.
One noted Christmas ornament authority is Clara Johnson Scroggins who has written extensively on the topic and has one of the largest private collections of Christmas ornaments.
In 1996, the ornament industry generated $2.4 billion in total annual sales, an increase of 25% over the previous year.
Industry experts estimated more than 22 million US households collected Christmas ornaments, and that 75% of those households collected Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments
In 2014 Maerriment started Personalizing Christmas baubles under the name Kularta and 2019 canged the name to Maerriment to reflect the growing sales
of wedding ornaments
Source:Wikipedia.