Little Red Riding Hood

Who would have ever thought that a tale so simple as Little Red Riding Hood, could cause so much mystique, cultural awareness ....and even have Freudian connotations. There is even a "politically correct" version....give me a break!

My suggestion is to stay with the Little Golden Book version and package the beloved book with a Christmas ornament of Little Red Riding Hood herself. We have three different ornaments to choose from, all in different price ranges. Perfect childhood keepsake gift......a book for now.....a collectible ornament for years to come.

Old World Christmas Little Red Riding Hood

The Old World Christmas ornament has a hang tag that reads: The fable of Little Red Riding Hood tells the tale of a little girl who always wore the red hood her grandmother made for her. On an errand one day, she disobeyed her mother and left the path - almost getting eaten by the big bad wolf. Rescued by a brave hunter, she reminds us to always obey our parents.

Inge-Glas Little Red Riding Hood

The Little Red Riding Hood from Inge-Glas was painted using the new Life Touch method of hand painting. The ornament is new for 2011 and from the Fairytale Forest collection.

Inge-Glas Little Red Riding Hood

This Little Red Riding Hood ornament was introduced in 2009 and is the most expensive of the three. It is also larger and packaged in a royal blue gift box.

Little Red Riding Hood on her way to grandma's with her basket of goodies. Ornament measures approximately 5". This heirloom Christmas ornament is from the "Fairy Tales" collection from Inge and introduced 2009.

This ornament was created using the new "Life Touch" Life Touch is introduced by Inge-Glas, an amazing development adding to their colorful 400 year family history of German glass blowers; a classy new and innovative painting technique known as "Life Touch." With precise and meticulous detail, skillfully trained Inge-Glas master artists apply ultra fine feather strokes revealing delicate life touches to enhance their uniquely beautiful Christmas ornaments.

Ornament is packaged in a royal blue Inge-Glas gift box.

If you want to know more about the controversial history of Little Red Riding Hood, visit Wikipedia and browse through the history there. For me.....I'm staying with the Little Golden Book)))

A Christmas Carol

Boxed set of 8 Heirloom Christmas ornaments from Inge-Glas of Germany

Mouth blown, hand painted glass ornaments measuring 3 3/4" to 4 1/2".

 A Christmas Carol

Ornaments include: Bob Crachit 4 1/2"; Mrs. Cratchit 4 1/2"; Tiny Tim 3 3/4"; Ebenezer Scrooge 4 1/2"; Ghost of Jacob Marley 4 1/2"; Ghost of Christmas Past 4 1/2"; Ghost of Christmas Present 4 1/2"; Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come 4 1/2"

Charles Dickens' best loved and most read of all of his books, "A Christmas Carol" begain life as the result of the author's desperate need for money. Dickens began writing his "Little Carol" in October, 1843 finishing it by the end of November in time to be published for Christmas. The story of "A Christmas Carol" has had a lot of influence on the way we celebrate Christmas today.

This exclusively designed boxed set "A Christmas Carol" has eight characters, History card of "A Christmas Carol" included. This boxed set makes a wonderful treasure as a family gift.

Visit Trendy Tree to see more heirloom Christmas ornaments from Inge-Glas in special boxed sets.

Sleeping Beauty - New for 2010

Sleeping Beauty is Princess Briar Rose Christmas Ornament

101410 Inge-Glas of Germany Introduced 2010

Sleeping Beauty ornament is made of mouth blown, hand painted European glass and measures approximately 5 3/4". She is from the Fairytale Forest collection of Inge-Glas and comes in a royal blue gift box.

This ornament was created using the new "Life Touch"  Life Touch is introduced by Inge-Glas, an amazing development adding to their colorful 400 year family history of German glass blowers; a classy new and innovative painting technique known as "Life Touch." With precise and meticulous detail, skillfully trained Inge-Glas master artists apply ultra fine feather strokes revealing delicate life touches to enhance their uniquely beautiful Christmas ornaments.

When you purchase an original HEIRLOOM Christmas ornament, you have your own piece of history, a legacy of traditional German craftsmanship from INGE-GLAS. With more than 410 years of the Muller-Blech family tradition, every charming ornament is mouth-blown by master glassblowers, coated on the inside with sterling silver and hand-decorated with much care to detail by skilled painters. The 5-point Star Crown is your guarantee for the highest quality and the oldest Christmas tradition of handmade Christmas ornaments from Germany – their birthplace.

Heirlooms of today – treasured antiques for tomorrow!

Hansel and Gretel New for 2010

Hansel's Treats 101110

Gretel's Lebkuchen101010

Wicked Witch of Gingerbread 100910

These ornaments were created using the new "Life Touch"  Life Touch is introduced by Inge-Glas, an amazing development adding to their colorful 400 year family history of German glass blowers; a classy new and innovative painting technique known as "Life Touch." With precise and meticulous detail, skillfully trained Inge-Glas master artists apply ultra fine feather strokes revealing delicate life touches to enhance their uniquely beautiful Christmas ornaments.

*From Wikipedia*

Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter. They have an evil step-mother who convinces the father to abandon the children in the woods as there is not enough food to feed the whole family. Hansel, aware of the plan, leaves a trail of pebbles back to the house so he and his sister find their way back home. The step-mother is angry and locks the two children up for the night with only a loaf of bread and water. The next night, the woodcutter attempts the same plan again; this time Hansel leaves a trail of bread-crumbs but they get eaten by hungry birds and the two children get lost in the woods.


After wandering around, Hansel and Gretel stumble across a house made of gingerbread and other confectionery. They are very hungry and begin to eat it. It is owned by an evil old witch who lures them inside. She traps Hansel in a cage and forces Gretel to do the housework, continually sweeping the house. She feeds Hansel lots of food with the intention of eating him. Her eyesight is very bad so every day she feels his finger to see if he is fat enough, but he holds out a chicken bone instead of his real finger. Eventually the witch decides to eat him anyway and turns on the oven. Gretel comes up behind her and kicks her into it, shuts the door firmly and padlocks it. They hang around in the house for a couple of days eating the sweets and they find some valuable gold coins. Once they are convinced that the witch is completely burnt they successfully find their way home and are met by their ecstatic father. He tells them that his evil wife is dead and they are now rich because of the gold coins' value. They all live happily ever after.

 

Artwork by Arthur Rackham, 1909

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Snow White and the Dwarfs

Our collection is growing, right now we have two of the Snow White and two of the Dwarfs. Start your collection soon!

Snow White 121009

Flowers for You 124009

It's a Wrap 123609

One of Snow White's Dwarfs from the Fairytale Forest collection of Inge-Glas. Dwarf pushing a wheel barrow loaded with gems from the mine.

Rapunzel Rapunzel ...let down your hair

"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household tales. It is one of the best known fairy tales, and its plot has been used and parodied by many cartoonists and comedians, its best known line ("Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair") having entered popular culture.

 

Rapunzel's Tower new for 2010 from Inge-Glas of Germany

Fairytale Forest Collection

Measures approximately 5 1/4"