Christmas decorations have changed a lot since the first nut-shaped glass pieces hung on trees in the late 1840s. These days bestselling baubles include miniaturised versions of their owners’ favourite things to eat, drink and do.
“This year our quirky baubles have been flying off the shelves,” says Lisa Cherry, John Lewis’s head of Christmas. “How we decorate our Christmas tree – and what we decorate it with – can say a lot about a person … from the food lovers who opt for our fish and chip bauble and the cooks who choose our cake mixer one – to the green-fingered friends who opt for our wheelbarrow.”
