| Do you have glass Christmas ornaments in your | | | | adds to its appeal for Christmas trees. One of the |
| Christmas collection? Many of us do because the | | | | lovely things about glass on trees is the way it |
| use of glass for Christmas decorations has been | | | | reflects the lights. Clear glass Christmas |
| around for a very long time. Why do we use | | | | ornaments will allow the Christmas lights to shine |
| glass for our Christmas tree ornaments? Part of | | | | though the ornament and sparkle on the tree. |
| this appeal can be down to three things - history, | | | | Many glass decorations have been treated to |
| the properties of glass and the variety of glass | | | | enhance the reflective and sparkling nature of the |
| ornaments. | | | | glass. This is apparent when you consider |
| History | | | | Swarovski or Waterford crystal ornaments. The |
| Glass Ornaments have been around since the | | | | crystal Christmas ornaments reflect rainbows |
| 1840s when glass makers discovered that | | | | when light strikes them and makes them very |
| silvering the inside of the glass shapes they were | | | | popular for the tree. Christmas stars from this |
| making added to the appeal. Instead of just clear | | | | crystal ranges are collector's items and limited |
| glass ornaments, hand painted Christmas | | | | editions are released each year. |
| ornaments were available and there are many | | | | Variety |
| vintage Christmas ornaments for use to look at. | | | | There are so many different kinds of glass work |
| The detail that went into these glass decorations | | | | used for ornaments it allows us a range of style |
| was amazing. As we generally feel nostalgic | | | | to choose from. Some of the styles include |
| around Christmas time, it is not surprising that old | | | | crystal glass, plain glass, and glass sculpture. Then |
| fashioned decorations appeal to us. | | | | they are the differing ornaments made such as |
| Properties | | | | ball, painted shapes, icicles, stars, angels, glass |
| Glass is very fragile which could make it unsuitable | | | | beads used to create decorations and the list |
| for ornamentation, but maybe its fragile nature | | | | goes on. |