Despite the hardships we face in this world, there is a lot to celebrate. Commemorating events with a celebration and gift giving takes on even more meaning in the midst of heartache. We’ve generated 10 important events that should be remembered and applauded with an ornament (or two!).

Creating thoughtful and beautiful Christmas ornaments is part of the gift. It not only makes a memory, it’s a labor of love. Though, obviously, we love Old World Christmas ornaments, DIY ornament crafts look fabulous interspersed with our colorful, glass ornaments.

The history of the nutcracker is a beautiful story of human creativity from function to creativity. Today, the traditional Christmas nutcracker isn’t designed to actually crack a nut, and an entire ballet was created around this non nut-cracking figure. We have an entire category dedicated to nutcracker ornaments.