Christmas Nostalgia

Visit one of the largest vintage Christmas ornament selections in the Mid-South, situated in several Nashville - Middle Tennessee area antiques mall locations!

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In stock are truly thousands of glass Christmas ornaments of all types, styles and ages! You can browse an extensive collection of antique blown glass decorated German ornaments dating from the 1890s to 1930s, as well as post-war German / West German fancies, figurals and antique recreations dating from the 1940s to the 1990s. We also have a smattering of Japan, Czech, and Poland reflectors and figurals thrown in for good measure!

We have American made glass spheres, reflectors, & shapes by Shiny Brite, Premier, Franke, Coby, and Paragon dating from the 1930s to 1960s. We also have 1950s-era hard plastic reindeer, Santa, angel, & snowman ornaments, candy containers and illuminated figures by Bradford, Rosbro, Royalite, Miller, Noma and others.

You can browse the area's largest displays of 1950s-1960s era Made in Japan ceramic figures, such as spaghetti Santas, planters, salt & pepper sets, candlesticks, music boxes. Also shopper girl figures and planters, angels, elves, pixies, choir children, NOEL letters, and more! Manufacturers include Napco, Holt-Howard, Lefton, Relpo, Commodore, Kreiss, Ucagco, Inarco, and Blume.

We have the leading collection of antique USSR Soviet Russia ornaments dating from the 1930s through the 1960s. Known as 'New Year' ornaments, we have blown glass, spun cotton, and Dresden paper. Shapes run the gamut from simple blown glass shapes and spheres, colorful glass bead chains, complex glass bead boats, planes, rockets and sputniks, shimmering blown glass or spun cotton fruits and vegetables, flowers and pine cones, and several clip-on whimsical fairy tale characters and elegant snow queens. Other clip-on ornaments include charming children, professional figures, Grandfather Frost, Santa Claus, Ali-Baba, clowns, cosmonauts, and so many more! We also have a selection of large-size spun cotton USSR Grandfather Frost figurines dating from the 1950s-1960s.

We also have a selection of antique and vintage Santa Claus figures ranging from small composition, spun cotton and felt fellows dating from the 1920s and 1930s to a few of the fabulous 1940s-1960s era Harold Gale department store display mannequins.

In addition to the vast amount of tree ornaments, we typically have a nice selection of vintage Christmas, trees, glitter houses, Department 56 villages, some vintage electric fancy candelabras including Mirostar, Royal, and Noma, and several Macy's colorful tinsel display trees. Everything needed to complete that wonderful, nostalgic 1940s to 1960s Vintage Christmas!

If you're looking for something a tad more contemporary, be sure to check our display of Cody Foster hand-crafted glittered paper houses and Christopher Radko nostalgia-inspired Shiny Brite glass ornaments. We also occasionally have a selection of retired Hallmark, Kurt Adler and Department 56 ornaments.

As a side note, we have provided vintage Christmas ornaments and lighting to several Broadway & off-Broadway productions, as well a the Meryl Streep motion picture 'Doubt'. So if you have any theatrical needs, please feel free to contact us at Vintage@ChristmasNostalgia.com and we'll be happy to assist.

We are always interested in purchasing large collections, feel free to give us a call! 732-986-1881.