This ornament is about 4 inches tall. It consists of a 1½ inch white baseball with red threads and a big smiley face in the center. The baseball is wearing a pair of black and white sneakers and a light avocado green baseball cap with a red brim. Coming out of the top of the cap is an 11mm red ball. Above this small red ball is a 1¼ inch diameter flat red disk with a 1¾ inch long white banner with “BASEBALL” printed in avocado green letters. There is enough room above the banner to put a name and you could even put a date below the banner. This ornament would make very Fun Birthday Presents for any Baseball fan. Select this link to view our Sports Ornaments.
The Tradition of Birthdays.
Birthday is the name given to the anniversary of the day we were born. It is celebrated by a party with friends and family bringing gifts for the person who’s Birthday it is. It is also customary to treat people especially well on their Birthday. Select this link to view our Unique Baby Gifts.
Birthday Celebrations are not universal. Some people prefer name day celebrations instead. There are some who do not celebrate either because they consider the origin of such festivals as Birthdays, Christmas and Easter to be pagan. Then there are some of us who just don’t like to be reminded that we are getting older. Select this link to view our People and Profession Tree Ornaments.
Birthday Cakes are usually elaborately decorated and some times follow a theme having to do with a talent or interest of the Birthday person. Select this link to view our Western Christmas Ornaments.
The Birthday Cake Tradition is for the cake to be presented covered with the same number of lit candles as the persons age. The Birthday person makes a wish and tries to blow out all the candles in one breath. If successful and he or she does not tell anyone the wish, then it is supposed to come true. Some people add an extra candle, “One to Grow On,” to help bring the Birthday person extra luck during the year. Select this link to view our Music Boxes.
The Wooden Church Crusade
When Germany was divided after World War ll, Baron Henning Von Royk-Lewinski and Richard Kinzer, the former president of Burlington Mills, founded the Wooden Church Crusade, a charitable organization established to build churches in war torn areas of West Germany. It was their goal to build as many churches as there were American States at that time and when completed their efforts resulted in more than 25 churches being built. They wanted the ringing of the bells in these churches to be a reminder to everyone in the Western communities that with God came peace, and the bells would also toll loudly enough to give those across the Eastern border hope for such peace. Every church has become a symbol for the solidarity between the United States of America and former Western Germany in the fight against communism and the fight for peace. Select this link to view our Christmas Books.