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.

Thrifting pros say you should keep an eye out for vintage glassware, mercury ornaments, and midcentury furniture.

Story by Cymbre Foster Photos by Tessa Lighty & Jan-Michael Stump Nov 28, 2018 Nov 28, 2018 Editor's note: This article was published in Grand Traverse Scene magazine's Holidays 2018 issue.

There’s something magical about decorating a Christmas tree that really completes the holiday season. As each ornament is placed one by one, they transform an ordinary evergreen tree into a ...

A multidisciplinary study led by researchers from the University of Alicante (UA) and the University of Augsburg (Germany) has discovered that glass ornaments reached the Iberian Peninsula from ...