Many people start their collections when they inherit decorations from family members.
Some of today's most affordable yet very attractive vintage decorations were made in the mid 20th century. Indented ornaments, made by Shiny Brite, late 1940s. Glass ornaments had been painstakingly handblown in Germany until the industry collapsed in the early 1930s. Mass machine production of decorations began during this period. Max Eckardt, who produced Shiny Brite ornaments, persuaded the Corning Glass company in the 1930s to produce glass ornaments when German ornaments became unavailable.