This past weekend was the start of Christmas shopping. I say, “Christmas,” because for many of us it’s when we start putting up the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving, hanging the lights inside and outside and finding those special ornaments to put on the tree.
Every year I look for new ornaments. I like to send them as gifts. I had a lucky find this weekend. I came across a German Christmas Market. I was in America, but I felt like I was in Munich, Germany. Wonderful!
They had similar ornaments that I would find in Germany, hand made, so a bit expensive, but as you can see from the photos, really darling. Everyone was enjoying themselves.
One special item that Germans put up is the Christmas Pyramid. I learned this from my mother/n/law, because Italians do not have this. Every year, out came the Christmas Pyramid and we would scramble to find candles to light, so that the propellor would fly around in a circle. Here you see a larger pyramid that they put up in a town in Europe. Ours was much smaller.
When I was young, we had a German neighbor and they put small candles on the tree and lit them. Can you imagine what a possible fire hazard that was? BUT they never burned their house down. While we enjoyed the lit candles on the tree, we would play a game of Canasta!
Memories… it’s nice if we still have them!
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Awww. I remember going to Nurnberg Christmas market once. 🙂 The ornaments looked like the ones in your photos.
http://islesgilian.com/nuremberg-christmas-markets/
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Thanks for the link to your post! Beautiful photos, I was going to leave you a comment, but it said your site is not “secure.” You might want to check on that. 🙂
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Really? Hmm that’s new. I’ll check on it. 🙂
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I have such a weakness for Christmas ornaments. Each year I buy a new addition or two!! The angels are very cute Monica. 🙂
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I liked the angels too. It’s interesting every time I have been in the Munich for Christmas Market I have been amazed at how many different angel ornaments they have — A LOT! They are very sweet!
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My dream is to visit the Europe Christmas markets one day. I would do some serious damage there I think! 🤔
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You sure would and your children would enjoy going too. It’s very family oriented.
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What beautiful ornaments! I have a weakness for Christmas decorations too.
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Those are some beautiful ornaments. I don’t really decorate for Christmas now as in China it is not a holiday (also because I’m lazy and I don’t have space to storage the things during the rest of the year) but when I was a kid we did put some decorations in the house, the tree and the Nativity scene, which is traditional in Spain (maybe also in Italy?).
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Yes, Italians decorate. Do you have any Western friends in China that celebrate Christmas? You could put a few small ornaments on a bonsai plant. 🙂
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Such a lovely post, ornaments are one of my favorite parts of the season! We detailed some of our faves of the year on our blog: https://areweadultsyetblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/favorite-christmas-ornaments-of-2017/
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Thanks for stopping by, I’m heading over to look at yours too!
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We used to have a single layer version of this and I always loved it. Got a bit dilapidated over time, sadly 😦
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Those ornaments are beautiful. I love German Christmas decorations and festivities!
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I do too… If you like Austrian cooking, you might enjoy visiting “The Austrian Dish,” she has a wonderful Blog with Austrian recipes, but also Christmas traditions there. Wonderful Blog. AND I am heading over to visit yours as well. https://theaustriandish.wordpress.com
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