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German Advent Calendar: Fact of the Day

19. Dezember

Christmas Ornaments and Tinsel

Have you ever wondered how we came to have glass ornaments and tinsel on the Christmas tree? Both are German inventions. Blown glass tree ornaments (formgeblasener Christbaumschmuck) were first created in 1847 in the German town of Lauscha. Tinsel (Lametta) goes back to the early 1600s. Learn more...

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