What better way to decorate a traditional Christmas tree than with these simple yet charming Russian wooden ornaments? Perfect for giving your holiday season a timeless motif, or a great gift for that special someone come Christmas time!
Wooden Christmas Ornaments
The first recorded use of ornamentation to decorate a tree during the winter time comes from the early 1800's. In these times, people decorated their trees with fruits and nuts as a way to symbolize the coming spring and all of the food that the warm weather is likely to bring with it. During the winter all of the deciduous trees and shrubs shed their leafs while the evergreen trees remained green. These evergreen trees are similar to the pine and fir trees that we use for Christmas trees today in America. To these early celebrators of Christmas, decorating the tree with fruits and nuts made the winter appear less harsh and reminded them that the summer would again bring life. Here at The Russian store we do not carry any real fruits or nuts to decorate your tree with; these things do not ship or keep very well. However, we have compiled a terrific line of non-rotting wooden Christmas ornaments. From teddy bears, to angels, to cats, to Santa we have them all. We also carry sets of egg-shaped ornaments to decorate your tree with. In Russia, the egg is the symbol of life. Enjoy our fine wooden Christmas ornaments today.
