Christmas Tree Baubles
Christmas Tree Baubles Christmas tree ornaments or baubles come in a bewildering shapes and materials. Over the years my better half has patiently collected an enchanting set of baubles. It takes a very special person to curate a collection one piece at a time over a period of thirty years!! Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room. ~ Nora Roberts Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago ~ Tom Baker The first decorated trees were adorned with apples, white candy canes and pastries in the shapes of stars, hearts and flowers. Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha, Germany, by Hans Greiner (1550–1609), who produced garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees. Soon artisans started heating a glass tube over a flame, then inserting the tube into a clay mold, they'd blow the heated glass to expand into the the mold shaped as f