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Christmas ornaments, baubles, globes, "Christmas bulbs", or "Christmas bubbles" are decoration items, usually to decorate Christmas trees. These decorations may be woven , blown ( glass or plastic ), molded ( ceramic or metal ), carved from wood or expanded polystyrene , or made by other techniques.
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Different ornament names can refer to an ornament from a specific area or time period. Understanding these ornaments is important for historically informed performance and understanding the subtleties of different types of music. This list is intended to give basic information on ornaments, with description and illustrations where possible.
The Legend of the Christmas Spider is an Eastern European folktale which explains one possible origin of tinsel on Christmas trees. It is most prevalent in Western Ukraine , where small ornaments in the shape of a spider are traditionally a part of the Christmas decorations.
Lismore (Irish: Lios Mór, meaning 'great ringfort') [2] is a historic town in County Waterford, in the province of Munster, Ireland. Originally associated with Saint Mochuda of Lismore , who founded Lismore Abbey in the 7th century, the town developed around the medieval Lismore Castle .
Eilean Musdile (Mansedale) is an islet, and lighthouse to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. The island lies in the entrance to Loch Linnhe, separated from Lismore by a sound ¼ miles across. [3] It is a low-lying rock, ten acres (4.0 hectares) in size, [3] with some grass on it.
Lismore (Scottish Gaelic: Lios Mòr, pronounced [ʎis̪ ˈmoːɾ] possibly meaning "great enclosure" or "garden") is an island of around 2,351 hectares (9.1 square miles) in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The climate is damp and mild, with over 166 centimetres (65 in) of rain recorded annually.
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