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A Nutcracker Tradition – Oh, How “Sweet”!

Brooke Spencer At Bronner's September 8, 2022July 25, 2023bronners christmas wonderland, history of the nutcracker, nutcracker, nutcracker collection, nutcracker king, nutcracker soldier, nutcracker tradition, nutcrackers at Bronners, the nutcracker suite, tradition 4 Comments

Have you ever had a dream that you just can’t seem to lose sight of? I have a Christmas-decorating dream inspired by a favorite Christmas movie. Picture a room filled with life-size nutcrackers (the tin-soldier style) guarding the doors, delicate snowflakes hanging from the ceiling, frosted windows, twinkling lights throughout. This room has many extravagant trees, each adorned with their own individual, yet coordinating, theme. Imagine, if you will, candy canes; garlands of gumdrops; and sweet, colorful accents throughout. These

DIY Bottle Brush Trees for Vintage Christmas Decorations

Lori Libka At Bronner's August 30, 2018October 5, 2022angel, bleaching bottle brush trees, bottle brush trees, bronner's, Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland, candle lights, Christmas angel, Christmas decorations, Christmas display, Christmas Golden Book, Christmas lights, Christmas wall art, DIY, do it yourself, dyeing bottle brush trees, flickering lights, Golden Book, how to, how to bleach bottle brush trees, how to dye bottle brush trees, Kurt Adler, Kurt Adler nutcracker, Kurt Adler Polar Bear Nutcracker, nutcracker, petal pink, pickup truck, polar bear, Rit, Rit color remover, Rit dye, teal, The Night Before Christmas, The Night Before Christmas Golden Book, vintage, vintage bottle brush trees, vintage Christmas, vintage pickup truck 0 Comment

You’ll never look at a toilet-bowl brush the same way again! In the 1930s, Addis Brush Company, an American manufacturer of toilet bowl brushes, began dyeing bristles green and assembling them into artificial Christmas trees. These new artificial trees were especially popular in Britain, which had lost many of its trees during WWI. In 2017 Nielsen conducted a survey for the American Christmas Tree Association. Results? Of the about 95 million households in the United States planning to display a