A collection of mouth-blown, hand-painted glass Christmas ornaments is a prized possession. These ornaments may have been collected over the years, passed down from family members, or perhaps you ...

That’s a tough task. It’s in this vein that I am making this glittered glass ornaments for my Christmas tree this year. You see, it’s the first time in a long time that I’ve put a tree up ...

John Teichman for decades has been decorating the Christmas tree in Traverse City’s historic Candle Factory building with vintage glass ornaments. So he has acquired an appreciation of the art ...

It was once one of over 1,500 manufacturers in this part of Eastern Germany, blowing glass ornaments and painting them by hand. But today, most Christmas decorations are mass-produced in China.

For many collectors, Hubert said, the ultimate in Christmas ornaments are glass ones created in Germany a century ago. More recently, he said, interest in home-grown pin ball ornaments dating from ...

My first Christmas tree was a stately, 5-foot fir that was a little too tall for the living room ceiling and tilted ever so slightly to the left. It was beautiful. It smelled like Christmas and ...