2022-05-14
Christmas Tree Decorations
3D-model
The origin of the Christmas tree ball was apples that were hung in the Christmas tree.
A German, Hans Greiner, invented the modern glass Christmas ball in the 1840s.
Christmas tree candles have been documented in Sweden since the 1870s. They were replaced in the 1920s by electric lights. 150 years ago, candles were something of a luxury item, so lighting up an entire tree must have been very special. I remember my grandparents still using candles in the Christmas tree.
Christmas crackers or "smällkaramell" in Swedish. In this form as a common, reusable, Christmas decoration in Sweden since around 1870. Material: pleated silk tissue paper.
Gingerbread (in Sweden "peppercakes") have been documented in Sweden since the 14th century.
They were then made by nuns who sold them as medicine. They then contained many different spices and medicinal plants. Since the 19th century, they are very much associated with Christmas.
Christmas tree stand from around the year 1900.
The star symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem
The precursor to glitter garlands was "angel hair" of fiberglass. Glitter garlands seem to be a fairly modern phenomenon. Flag garlands appeared in Finland in the 1860s (then under Russia), and are still quite popular in the Nordic countries. Heart and star of folded paper.
