The Charm Of Vintage Christmas Decorations Lives On
Shop for various vintage Christmas decorations at different prices to suit your needs!
They say everything old is new again, and there are several other adages that point out the cyclical nature of human existence and how we constantly look to the past for guidance and inspiration. While we like to think that we can do everything better than those who came before us, it’s also easy to understand that growing up in different eras as they did afforded them different viewpoints and outlooks, and as such, different eras have excelled in different things. With our ability to delve into our past like at no other time in history, while also bearing witness to incredible new advances in virtually every field, it’s certainly a wonderful time to be a consumer or collector of just about any good imaginable.
This is very true of Christmas decorations. We’re seeing constant evolutions in artistic designs as well as construction methods, yet despite all this, there’s still a very large market that years for the vintage Christmas decorations of the past. Be it nostalgia for a simpler time and way of life, a yearning to connect on some level with our ancestors, or simply a connection with the artistry of the time, the new has by no means made the old obsolete. There’s also the sense that Christmas decorations of the past were created during a time where Christmas was more of a spiritual journey than it is now, and that this affords these vintage relics an extra ounce of reverence as a result.
Some of the most popular vintage Christmas decorations include those by manufacturers such as Shiny Brite and Premier. Shiny Brite in particular continues to be popular to this day, and their vintage style of mercury glass tree ornaments is still highly coveted and prized. Shiny Brite created far more than just simple ball ornaments though, as they also produced distinctive tree toppers, and other tree hanging stalwarts such as sparkling reindeer and twinkling angels (they lived up their name of Shiny Brite after all).
An element of vintage Christmas decorations that is experiencing a bit of a renaissance of late is the personal touch and development that went into vintage pieces, many of which were hand-crafted and painted. This same personal service is being seen is several of the most popular modern Christmas brands, which have touched a chord with consumers fed up with mass marketed and produced goods.
Some of the more difficult vintage ornaments to find nowadays include the rare cotton batting ornaments from 19th century Germany, the Dresden paper ornaments, also from the late 19th century, and the plastic ornaments produced after WWII which never reached the same level of popularity as some of the other ornament materials and techniques of the day.
Whether you’re looking for something truly vintage, or something modern with a touch of the vintage spirit that is so appealing to so many, there are plenty of vintage ornaments to go around. Just how vintage you want them to be will determine your success in actually getting a hold of them.
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Older or vintage decorations (or anything for that matter) seem to have a bit more care applied to them. The especially old ones were probably crafted by an individual who put his/her heart and soul into them and tried to communicate a thought or vision through them. Depending on the age or delicate nature of these types of decorations, I imagine you wouldn’t want to hang them on a tree or such like, rather store them in a box never to be seen. That might be a bit sad but understandable.