❄ 4" (10 cm) tall. Brand new. 100% Hand made. It is in excellent condition.

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🎄 Spun cotton ornaments originated in Germany in the 19th century and were used to decorate goose-feather trees. They were made by artisans in the cottage industry. Today, antique spun cotton ornaments are highly collectible. Little information remains regarding how these ornaments were made, despite years of research. A figure that measures 2"-3" often takes several hours to complete. For the first time, spun-cotton ornaments were made in Germany - mostly around the turn of the century. They were made by spinning cotton and cellulose together. Food shapes are the most common, while shapes of people and animals are the most valuable to collectors.

🎇 For the first time, spun-cotton ornaments were made in Germany - mostly around the turn of the century. They were made by spinning cotton and cellulose together. Food shapes are the most common, while shapes of people and animals are the most valuable to collectors.

👴 The person more commonly credited with bedecking the first Christmas tree is Martin Luther (1483-1546). Supposedly, while he was walking outside one night, he was so inspired by the stars twinkling through the trees that he cut down a tree and decorated it with candles, to recreate the outdoor effect. No contemporary record of this event exists, so it may never have happened, but if it did, that makes candles the most traditional ornament of all.

In the mid 16th century, Christmas markets were set up in German towns, to provide everything from gifts, food and more practical things such as a knife grinder to sharpen the knife to carve the Christmas Goose! At these fairs, bakers made shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments for people to buy as souvenirs of the fair, and take home to hang on their Christmas Trees.

🎉 The best record we have is that of a visitor to Strasbourg in 1601. He records a tree decorated with "wafers and golden sugar-twists (Barley sugar) and paper flowers of all colours". The early trees were biblically symbolic of the Paradise Tree in the Garden of Eden. The many food items were symbols of Plenty, the flowers, originally only red (for Knowledge) and White (for Innocence).

✨ Two more ornaments can be traced to the Middle Ages as well. Medieval mystery plays, designed to entertain the masses while teaching them Christian doctrine, often featured "paradise trees" decorated with apples. Apples and other fruits made their way onto Christmas trees quite early, first in natural forms and later made from marzipan, glass, and other materials. Mystery play trees also featured unconsecrated Communion wafers, representing the antidote to the forbidden fruit. Wafers appeared on early Christmas trees, too.

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