One of the most prevalent and favorite characteristics of Victorian Christmas Ornaments is their zealous almost gaudy use of embellishments and color. They don’t decorate them like they used to. Glass balls and candy cane ornaments are the favorite of the modern era but in the Victorian age anything and everything was the order of the day when it came to decorating the tree.

In The Victorian Age More was Better

Fans, cards, shoes, and even gift boxes were fastidiously decorated and hung on the tree. Extra sparkle was the goal and usually achieved with ribbons, beads, pendants, and tassels. The traditional green and red that we associate with Christmas these days were rarely used in the Victorian era. The wealthy and affluent were enjoying a booming economy with the industrial revolution and had a more is better attitude when it came to decorating there homes.

To get the maximum effect for using Victorian Christmas ornaments on your tree it is best to go exclusive and use nothing but Victorian style. Look for lavishly decorated fans, gilded stars, or miniature shoes. Pretty much anything was fair game when it came to decorating in the Victorian era. It wasn’t so much a case of deciding what to use to decorate but how much could they fit in that space. Instead of using tinsel use ribbon on the Christmas tree instead. Colors of rich burgundy, amber, emerald and cream were popular.

One cheap method for making your own Victorian Christmas ornaments is to get some pine cones and spray paint them with gold paint hang them decoratively around the house with lots of ribbon and candy canes or display them in the fruit bowl.

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