There are other Christmas ornaments and decorations made in the 1600s or 1800s, including tinsel and nutcrackers, respectively. To put it simply, Germany has a rich history of creating traditional ...

The Nutcracker, hot air balloon toy under the snowy branch of Christmas tree Watercolor illustration The Nutcracker, garland, hot air ballon under the snowy branch of Christmas tree toys. Traditional ...

In this little town in Saxony, people have been making wooden toys and Christmas decorations for centuries. Christmas pyramids, incense smokers, candle arches and nutcrackers are all made here.

These days, the most expensive and collectible models are made in Germany, where the tradition dates back hundreds of years. In the 17th and 18th centuries, German nut-cracking figurines were not ...

Upgrade your decorations with this fancy nutcracker that was hand-crafted in a small German village that’s famous for its woodworkers. It may be pricey, but it’s certainly stunning.

Kept alive during communism as a source of hard currency, sales of Erzgebirge Christmas tree ornaments, nutcrackers and candle-lit holiday pyramids have doubled since reunification in 1990 to about 50 ...

The holiday tradition dates back to the 1890s—and it's all because of 'The Nutcracker' ballet.

With their iconic beards and painted rosy cheeks, German nutcrackers soon found a large audience in America. U.S. GI’s brought them home during WW2, spurring a wave of collecting.

Nutcrackers are a Christmas decoration that we know and adore, and the festive season wouldn't be the same without seeing them adorning shelves, and even larger ones standing outside shops.