Even without a large Christmas tree, there are many ways to decorate your home in a festive way. Whether a single fir branch or the Advent wreath, whether in door, wall and window decorations or as an embellishment for a gift: these Lauscha miniature glass figurines will add a subtle sparkle to your decorative arrangements. Remarkably detailed and just as carefully crafted as their larger relatives, the set brings together the classic symbols of the Christmas season: snowman, nutcracker and candy cane, mushrooms, Santa Claus and boots symbolize the joy of a white Christmas, nuts and sweets, happiness and lovingly selected gifts.

The small Christmas figures are made in Thuringia using traditional Thuringian glassblowing techniques: Mouth-blown into the mold and mirrored from the inside using Liebig's silver-plating process, they display the typical radiance (silver reflects the incident light particularly effectively). After drying, each figurine is carefully painted by hand, decorated with a little mica and finally crowned with the classic metal hat for hanging.

The glassblowers of Lauscha used to call the figurative glass ornaments, which were blown into two-part negative molds "before the lamp", a matter of form. Today, as then, the lamp is the gas burner, whose flame keeps the glass viscous and malleable. And the molds that are used are also the same as 100 or 150 years ago. They are usually made of ceramic and must be handled with care, because in order to preserve them - and not overheat them in use - the molds must be gently cooled down again at regular intervals. Thus, no more than 150 figures or ornaments can be blown in one go. Only the starting material is different than in the past, because instead of glass tubes drawn specifically for this purpose, prefabricated flasks made of colorless soda-lime glass are now used.