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August Imgard (born in Wetzlar, Germany, on January 8, 1828) emigrated from Germany to Wooster, Ohio, before he was 20 years old and started a tailoring business. [1]In 1847, Imgard cut a blue spruce tree from a woods outside town, had the village tinsmith construct a star, and placed the tree in his house, decorating it with paper ornaments, gilded nuts and Kuchen.
She focused her writing on ornaments from Hallmark Cards because they were the most popular at the time. [13] In 1973, Hallmark Cards started manufacturing Christmas ornaments. The first collection of 18 ornaments, including six glass ball ornaments. [14] Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments are dated and available for just one year.
The German cookie cutters produced more stylized cookies, many with secular Christmas subjects, and for less cost, than the local American tinsmiths. When import laws opened the floodgates to low-cost, German-imported cooking utensils, including cookie cutters, between 1871 and 1906, the American tradition of decorating cookies for Christmas ...
Candy canes are a peppermint treat long associated with Christmas. Learn their history, including why they were first made with red and white stripes.
Modern Christmas cookies can trace their history to recipes from Medieval Europe biscuits, when many modern ingredients such as cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, almonds and dried fruit were introduced into the west. By the 16th century Christmas biscuits had become popular across Europe, with Lebkuchen being favoured in Germany and pepparkakor ...
The animal-shaped cookies soon made their way across the Atlantic to America, where they. These festive treats may remind you of a day at the circus as a child, but the story of how they came to ...
Ahead, you'll find the best Christmas cookie collection including loaded holiday slice-and-bake cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, and some of Ree's newest cookies for 2024.
Figural glass Christmas ornaments originated in the small town of Lauscha, Germany in the latter half of the 19th century. [32] The town had long produced fine glassware. The production of Christmas ornaments became a family affair for many people. Some families invested 16 hours a day in production. For some, it was their sole source of income.