Metal

Almost any material has been (and is) used for producing Christmas ornaments: glass, paper, wood, wax, porcelain, gingerbread, plastic, cotton - why not also the cold, unsentimental, technical metal? Actually, it was widely used, and how charming Christmas ornaments with metal parts can be may be proofed by the selection below.

Actually, metal was in general use for Christmas tree decoration. Think of the tin figures, or the wire wrapped glass ornaments, or the gold foil angels from Nuremberg, not to forget the lead weighted pendulum candleholders or most other candleholders. A Christmas tree without tinsel lacks that certain something. And what is holding the uprooted tree upright? A solid cast iron tree stand.