The Coffee Ornament
is 8 inches long and hangs from a gold cord loop. The cup from our Miscellaneous Holiday Ornaments looks like a porcelain coffee mug filled with coffee that has a realistic sugar cube floating inside it. These Unique Christmas Ornaments consists of a gold cord hanging loop attached to a ˝ inch diameter transparent purple barrel bead. The bead is attached to a 3˝ inch long 2˝ inch wide sign that reads “Men and Coffee are best when Tall, Dark and Sweet.” The sign is attached to the Coffee Cup by a two inch chain of brown beads and a small white sugar cube. This Coffee Ornament would make the perfect ornament for the coffee lover in your life. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.

Christmas Presents.
It has been said that the giving of presents at Christmas time began when the three wise men gave their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh to the baby Jesus. Anciently and through the middle ages, gift giving was predominantly confined to the upper classes. Since the 18th century Christmas has become more commercial with the increase in and sophistication of, advertising campaigns. The development of the advertising industry has intensified the age old problem of gifts being too ostentatious and given for reasons other than true fellowship.

Letters to Santa Claus.
A very important question of children around the world is how to convey their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus. For the millions who write letters every year the question is how to get their letters to the right address. For this the post office has made special arrangements. In the United States, the U.S.P.S. Operation Santa Claus takes charge. In Canada children send letters to Santa Claus or Pere Noel at the North Pole, postal code HOHOHO. In Denmark Santa live in Greenland and letters are forwarded to him there through the Danish Tourist Association. In Norway Santa Claus lives in a town called Drobak and has his own postal station to handle his mail. In Germany they have a special ‘Celestial Post Office’ in the city of Augsburg to reach the Christ Child. In Austria kids direct their mail to the village of Christkindl, near Stryr, Upper Austria. Other methods of trying to get their wishes to Santa include putting the letter in the fireplace so the smoke will carry their wishes up the chimney and beyond until they reach Father Christmas. Or leaving the note in a shoe beside the tree or on the windowsill. Swiss children know their letters left on the windowsill have been received because of the chocolate left behind.
70,000,000 letters are processed each year with either the mark of a creche or the Three Kings, depending on whether the letter is mailed closer to Christmas or Epiphany. In Switzerland a December 6 post mark form the town of St. Niklaus is a collectible item.
A recent study of hundreds of American children revealed that boys and girls request the same amount of gifts, but that girls write longer and more polite letters. Select this link to view our Crystal Christmas Ornaments and Silver.