(Hint: Look for the Christmas tree shaped ring on top of the hanging cap and the attached golden tag with a starburst insignia.) Each Gladys Boalt ornament ... German blown-glass ornaments often ...

In 1998, we found out a few weeks before Christmas that we were expecting our first child. He gave me a beautiful glass ornament that said “Curiosity Shop.” Under the windows, he wrote ...

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.