There is a Christmas ornament to represent most anything. Many families purchase an ornament for their child or grandchild every year, so when they are grown, they have their own collection of special ornaments. This decade also has seen a renewed interest in the display of miniature towns and villages. Entire villages are created, and each year buildings are retired to make room for the production of new ones. The scenes include detailed streets, ponds with ice skaters, people, and trains.
People decorate their houses earlier than ever and leave the decorations up longer.
No shopping day compares with the day after Christmas, when every one rushes out to the stores before sun-up to get a bargain price on new ornaments for the next year. The celebration of Christmas has not changed as friends and family still gather together for baking, caroling, and opening presents around a Christmas tree adorned with decorations, some old, some new, but all with special meaning to those who placed them there. The styles of Christmas ornaments have changed through the years but the traditions remain the same .