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Germany is the true Christmas homeland, origin of Christmas incent smokers, carvings, pyramids and nutcracker and Christmas toys: Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains), creator of the modern Santa Claus in red robe: 1863 by Thomas Nast of Landau City, origin of Christmas eve gifts: Wittenberg city (Luther), origin of Christmas tree decorations (Lauscha city), origin of Advent wreath and Christmas advent calendar: Hamburg city (J.H. Wichern), modern glowing Christmas star: Herrnhut city... and some of the best Christmas markets in Europe (Dresden and Nuremberg).

I have a couple of vintage varieties cards I have them in glass frames hanging on my wall as art.

And then there is Me: hello mr camera man can you zoom.into what he is pointing at.

Are you the author of the Pictorial Guide to Christmas Ornaments and Collectibles?

THE ORNAMENTS ARE GORGEOUS

27:00 I worked on some scagliola today (first time actually!) and I have a different theory to what they might have used, let me first share my anecdote: Since this was my first time actually trying to create scagliola, I created a simple 15x15cm tile. As I was finished I realised some little cracks that I seem to have not spotted earlier. I took some animal glue to work the gypsum into the crack but the animal glue re-liquified the very top layer and made the nice veins disappear! Result being a color very similar to one of the intermediate colors that I created for this tile anyways, but the point being: you could very likely use this to your advantage so that you only need the lightest and darkest shade of this hue and then blend accordingly. I would imagine you could use a brush for this, maybe they did it in circular motions, hence the shape. Thanks for sharing this presentation and greetings from Dresden!

I’m looking for Paulette Goddard’s dance dress in “Second Chorus” dancing with Astaire in “Ain’t Hep to the Step” Black and white, white satin lined shirt!

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Muchas gracias por este hermoso tour, preciosos objetos que adornaron las casas en ese tiempo.👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰

Paper ornaments are the most valuable.

😀A great collection of flower buttons. 💐🌸💮🌺🌻🌼🌹🏵😍

I really enjoyed seeing this collection and the narrative. Amazed that so many of these pieces survived considering the materials. Thank you!

Gracias por mostrar tesoros NAVIDEÑOS...... antigüos y preciosos... Bendiciones

Your video is so incredible, but belive or not the Spanish Madona that you made reference is the " Virgen de la Pastora" ( the Sheep Madona ) , and today the same day that I found your video it is her religious day in several countries of Sud America, principaly in Venezuela where more that two millon people goes to venerate the Madona!!!

and yet more lies. It is not Jeannie's name on the Christmas Stocking, and she didn't put the J on the stocking backwards. you are inventing more lies to cover up what you stole from me. The name on the stocking is Leanne, as in Leanne Sweeney, the creep that helped my ex-husband steal my Social Security Widow's benefits, and kidnap me on Mason Lane, which was apparently owned by Palestinians? Yes. Leanne Sweeney's husband repairs ATM machines for banks, which is how they stole my money. Right, Mike Hill?

The millwork and crown molding are magnificent

We still use bubble lights from Noma on our tree each Christmas. It was neat to also see them on your tree!

I enjoyed this video very much! Inspiring to create and delightful to remember back when. Thank you! Happy New Year 2024!

I wonder if you are aware of the high-end Cracker Box push pin kits. Kits can come with Swarovski crystals. Many kits cost well over $100. I have over 50 my mother crafted from their kits. Just an FYI.

I love your dedication !!!! Absolutely elegant 👏👏👏 Your Christmas vintage decorations is incredibly & beautiful ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ Greetings from Chile.

That's all astonishing. Thankyou for making such an interesting video. I used to design Christmas cards for a well-known firm. I'd have been so inspired by these displays! Well, I AM inspired all over again. Wonderful collections. All those paper pop-up are amazing.

I made a typo below; "airstrip" should read "a trip". So much for predictive text....

This is lovely and so informative. Thankyou ever so much. I'm laid up with 'flu and this has been really therapeutic as well airstrip down memory lane. I'm in the UK, but it's lovely to see that children's precious early Christmas decorations made in school have been very similar to ours! I love to get the one remaining crumpled paper lantern out every year. As a matter of fact, I don't remember seeing one of those in your collection. In the UK they have been a staple Christmas decoration made in schools for decades. I made them in the 60s and my children made them in the 80s & 90s. My grandmother used to love novelty crackers. There must have been a cracker revolution in the 60s. She bought a big snowman table centrepiece, which was covered in cotton wool with crêpe paper hat. Inside there were the small trinkets, hats, jokes act for everybody. She re-filled it every year and it grew more and more tired looking! She made trifle for tea in the same glass dish that had been her mother's, with sherry-soaked sponge, some tinned fruit like raspberries or Mandarin oranges, custard, then whipped cream with toasted, flaked almonds sprinkled on it and a design of glacé cherries with little stems of green angelica like flowers. It looked lovely, but was not my cup of tea! She went to huge trouble over our Christmas days with them. The poignant thing which I only found out later, was that their son, my father's older brother, had been killed in a car crash two weeks before Christmas in the early 1950s. It devastated the family. It would have been his birthday on Boxing Day too, but over the years, they found they could enjoy Christmas again with grandchildren coming along and they seized every opportunity for joyfulness in life.

A delightful hour spent seeing your wonderful collection of Vintage Christmas decorations. Each vignette is a treasure and with the history and stories shared with the items lovingly collected is Amazing. Truly a work of love as talented as the artists you credited.

At 68 years old I love the homemade and vintage Christmas. Until my grandparents died when i was 35 i woke up every Christmas morning at their house. Cherished memories. I have a tree of vintage ornaments and i also still make cross stitched ornaments like your wife's. Makes a wonderful Christmas feeling for me. Thank you.

I really enjoyed watching this. I am an artist from Charleston, SC. My father was born in Cleveland in 1920 and talked about some of these decorations. The large nativity was stunning. I love your story about using your dad’s sock for your stocking. My dad was a veteran from WWII also and after the war my parents lived in Cleveland. We still have the angel they purchased from Higbee’s Department store. Thanks for this tour! ❤

Είναι όλα πολύ ωραία καλή χρονιά με αγάπη υγεία λατρεύω την Γερμανία απο Ελλάδα Αθήνα

A delightful presentation!

Thank you very much 😊

Thank you for this Christmas stories video

Thank you for this wonderful collection you are sharing. Have you considered a book about the ornaments and instructions for making some of them. I love creating ornaments and my tree contains many vintage ones, some collected in travels, family ones and handmade ones

Are the Santa candy containers for sale?

Beautiful view!!

Links to other Christmas Videos: 'Storybook/Brady Bunch Christmas', 'A Victorian Christmas', and 'A Russian Christmas' can be found by clicking on the "Videos" button above

Just happened to find your program. It must take a lot of time and work to care for this beautiful display. Thanks for sharing your collection.

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As I will not make it to Ohio, I appreciate being able to see this wonderful display from my living room in California Thanks for sharing

Fantastic video - as an antique German Christmas collector, this was very educational

I discovered your video of your annual display last year. I cannot express what joy it brings me to watch it this year. How wonderful that you share your marvelous collection and knowledge with us and the Center’s visitors. Thank you so much!!

This is one of the most interesting & fascinating virtual tour with the worst editing ever.

I look forward to your christmas display tours each year now.

Merci beaucoup de nous faire partager votre magnifique collection ! ❤ Joyeux Noël de la France 😊

Awesome collection!

My angel for my tree is 4th generation and hand crafted during the depression. Thank you for this presentation 🎄

My Mom homemade a village with Ivory snow and miniature houses, lamps, fences which I cherish. She still has it 50 years later. Thanks for all your history on items. Happy holidays

Very interesting, thanks so much! Merry Christmas!

The gift tree reminds me of the Vogue Christmas tree from the 1970s decorated entirely with packets of cigarettes 😂

I'm determined to make gilded walnuts once.

This is so fascinating. One request is that you zoom in more and use a light to see the ornaments up close. It is hard to picture what you describe without seeing it better. Thanks so much!