African American Christmas Ornament
Add Joy To Your Home With An African American Christmas Ornament
If you are looking for a good African American Christmas Ornament, you might have to look a long way to find something that satisfies your tastes.
Yes, there are a lot of African American Christmas Decorations out there, but most of them are really not all that nice.
Basically, they are just normal Christmas tree ornaments repackaged as being African American Christmas Ornament for some cheesy, lame reason.
I have even seen plain old glass baubles sold as an African American Christmas Ornament set because they were in red, yellow, and green. Have you ever heard of something quite that silly? I know that I have not.
A lot of the time, a so-called African American Christmas Ornament is actually an African Christmas ornament repackaged to appeal to people who are trying to recapture a sense of their black heritage.
For example, many times people will sell a silly little wooden sculpture of some safari animal as an African American Christmas Ornament just because that animal comes from Africa.
Even more insulting, sometimes I have seen silly stylized African masks and figurines sold as an African American Christmas Ornament. Talk about perpetuating stereotypes. It is quite a silly state of affairs, if you ask me!
So here you will find a collection of beautiful and tasteful decorations that you can order online and get delivered to your door, or to your loved ones if you are buying them as gifts!
I hope that you love these as much as I do:
Gorgeous African American Christmas Ornament Ideas:
Home Made African American Christmas Ornament
In my opinion, the best way to get an African American Christmas Ornament is to make one yourself, and that is that. You should think of what it means to be a person of color in the United States, and put that into your craft.
Use everything about it to make the best African American Christmas Ornament that you can, and I am quite sure that you will not fail in what you are doing.
On the contrary, Christmas tree decorations are always that much better if you make them yourself. An African American Christmas Ornament is no different.
If it comes from the heart, it is a sure thing that people will see that it is not just another commercial Christmas decoration.
Of course, if you are going to go out and make yourself an African American Christmas Ornament, you probably need to know a few things about how to do arts and crafts.
One of the easiest ways to make an African American Christmas Ornament, or any other Christmas decoration for that matter, is to shape it out of clay.
Be sure to put a place where it tapers so that you can hang a string from it, bake it in the oven, and you are done!
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African American Christmas Decorations
There are many people who have a very traditional idea about Christmas, however few of these really realize that most of the Christmas traditions that we have come not from Bethlehem, but from Northern Europe.
Everything from the snow in the manger scene to the Christmas tree actually starts in European countries, and not in the holy land.
With this in mind, why should we not change Christmas when it suits us to fit our cultures and our individual styles.
This is why I have begun to collect African American Christmas Decorations. There is definitely a unique African American style which has penetrated the American mainstream as much as any other style that there is, and it seems like a shame not to celebrate it.
African American Christmas Decoration not only celebrates authentic African traditions, but also the styles and contributions of generations of African Americans.
Getting or making your own African American Christmas Decoration is the best way to celebrate your own heritage if you are an African American, or to celebrate tolerance and cultural diversity in America if you are not.
I am not saying that you should go all out and discard all of those blown glass Christmas ornaments that you have stocked up to put all over your tree.
But what I am saying is that that same tree will look all that much better with African American Christmas Decoration strung up alongside the more traditional Christmas decor.
Of course, what exactly constitutes African American decorations really varies depending who you are asking about it.
African American Figurines
Cosmos 10124 Fine Porcelain African American Ballerina in Pink Dress Figurine, 4-1/4-InchCheck PriceCosmos 10123 Fine Porcelain African American Ballerina in Yellow Dress Figurine, 4-InchCheck PriceLillian Rose African American Just Married Beach Wedding Figurine, 6.75-InchCheck PriceKurt Adler UL 10-Light African American Angel Christmas Treetop Figurine, 13-Inch, GoldCheck PriceAfrican American Golden Open Armed Angel FigurineCheck PriceAfrican American Children’s Choir Figurine in PurpleCheck PriceKurt Adler African American Nativity Figurine, 1-7/8-Inch to 6.25-Inch, Set of 6Check PriceSash Angel in Fuchsia African American Angel StatueCheck PriceAfrican American Praise Dancer Figurine: Giving PraiseCheck PriceAfrican American Christmas Santa Claus with BoyCheck PriceAfrican-American Baby Girl in Angel WingCheck Price
First Christmas in Stocking: African-American Ornament
Get this in pink or blue stocking!
Surely this adorable baby figurine peeking out from the top of its stocking is the cutest thing you have seen this year.
What a brilliant gift to order online and have delivered to the proud parents of a new baby!
African American Baby In Christmas Stocking PinkCheck PriceAfrican American Baby’s First Christmas, Boy Christmas Ornament – FREE Personalization, Ornament Central Baby in Christmas Stocking BlueCheck Price
What is a real African American Christmas Decoration?
Some people take African American Christmas Decoration to mean African Christmas decoration, and like to adorn their trees with charms shaped like giraffes, gazelle, and stylized masks.
I do think that this has a place in African American Christmas Decoration, but I do not think that it is enough by itself. In reality, African American Christmas Decoration has so much more to offer.
When I think of African American Christmas Decoration, I think of Christmas ornaments that celebrate and remember African American history.
That means celebrating literature, music, education, farming, and all of the other areas in which African Americans have made a contribution to our culture, and doing it with a distinctly African American style.
Of course, that is just me. The beauty about African American Christmas Decoration is that you can do it in whatever way is the most meaningful to you.
African American Ornaments
Holiday Barbie African American 2nd In Series 2014 Carlton Heirloom OrnamentCheck PriceKurt Adler UL 10-Light African American Angel Christmas Treetop Figurine, 13-Inch, GoldCheck PriceOrnament Central OC-230-FAA Female Scrubs Nurse African-American Christmas Ornament, 4-1/4-InchCheck PriceOrnament Central OC-045-FAA African/American Female Doctor FigurineCheck PriceGift From Heaven Angel (African American) 2010 Hallmark OrnamentCheck PriceLittle Girl African American Ornaments [D0513A]Check PriceOrnament Central OC-040-MAA-FAA African/American Pregnant Couple FigurineCheck PriceOrnament Central OC-141-AA African/American Armed Forces in Fatigues Male FigurineCheck PriceAfrican-American Holiday Barbie 1st in Series 1998 Hallmark Ornament QX6936Check PriceCarlton Heirloom Series Ornament 2013 Holiday Barbie #1 – African American – #CXOR080DCheck PriceAfrican American Angel Ornaments [J9662A]Check PriceCelebration Barbie (African American) 2010 Hallmark OrnamentCheck Price
African American Nativity Set
Experience the faith and spirit of the African American culture with one of these beautiful Nativity Set collections, a beautiful way to honor the Savior’s birth!
May the glory of the First Christmas bless your home with one of these exclusive Nativity collections that will add gorgeous Christmas decor to your home or office.
Set Of 7 African American Nativity With Burgundy TrimCheck Price9 Piece Nativity Set: African AmericanCheck PriceKurt Adler African American Nativity Figurine, 1-7/8-Inch to 6.25-Inch, Set of 6Check PriceKing Of Peace Nativity Figurine Collection: African-American Nativity Scene Set – Subscription PlanCheck Price
The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition
How cute is this????
Year after year, children and adults alike are baffled by the mystery of how Santa really knows who’s been naughty or nice.
After much urging by the elves and Mrs. Claus, Santa has allowed his biggest secret to be revealed in The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition .
Touted as “The best thing since The Night Before Christmas” this gift set includes a brown eyed dark tone, North Pole pixie-elf with a couture skirt, hardbound children’s book and keepsake box. Children can register their elf online and receive a special response from Santa. Store Exclusive
Bonus: Includes two Make Your Own Elf Ornaments (colors may vary).
Elf on the Shelf:A Christmas Tradition (brown-eyed boy scout elf)
Remember that Christmas Gift Baskets make wonderful decorations around the house too!
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How to Keep Christmas Simple
I have created an online guide about all the ways that you can save yourself the stress of a complicated and fussy Christmas that no one gets to relax and enjoy. Learn how to work out the ways to have fun, but to keep things simple and inexpensive along the way.
ENJOY!
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Cheers, Helene Malmsio
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