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Oh Baubles!<\/h2>\n
\"Baubles<\/a>
Baubles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Decorating a tree in the winter months has been a very long tradition. It has been used to celebrate Christmas by Christians since medi\u00e6val times, spreading from Northern Europe, through Germany. Popularity in the UK was driven by Queen Victoria from 1832 onwards. Fruits, berries, candy canes and biscuits\/pastries have all been used to bring cheer over the years. \u00a0 From the mid 1500s glass ornaments from Lauscha<\/a> began to spread in popularity (Modern examples of the preservation of this art<\/a> ). These artisan glass globes took much skill and time to create. From 1880 Woolworths started selling Lauscha glass ornaments, by 1910 these were available across the whole of the USA.<\/p>\n

Engineering to the Rescue<\/h3>\n

Consumer demand required mass production techniques. Now millions of\u00a0 these sparkly globes are available very cheaply.<\/a> These days they are frequently blown or\u00a0 injection moulded plastic. The story of the bauble is a typical demand led example of engineering product development. However, it has also been possible to scale up mass produced glass. Vitbis <\/a>in Poland produces 200,000 baubles a day!. Some include very intricate hand crafted designs.<\/p>\n

Office<\/h3>\n
\"Paper<\/a>
Paper Christmas tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The office Christmas may well be a bit different this year. Fears over handling decorations, being unable to disinfect the extra surfaces may well prohibit their use.\u00a0 It may also be, as with 3SL, most staff are still working from home.<\/p>\n

For a bit of fun Christmas paper engineering, you may like to download our DIY paper tree<\/a>, for you own desk at work or home. ( Take a photo and Tweet it @threesl<\/a> )<\/p>\n

And here’s a bit of recycling – What happened to the little boy who ate the shiny streamers off the Christmas tree – He caught tinselitus! (If you want to read about the history of tinsel another Christmas manufacturing story see ‘a tinsel tale ‘ <\/a>from\u00a0 @festive_UK <\/a>who manufacture miles of the stuff in Cwmbran.<\/p>\n

Happy Christmas<\/h3>\n
\"Happy<\/a>
Season’s Greetings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May we take this opportunity to wish you, our wonderful customers, suppliers and distributors,\u00a0 season’s greetings and a peaceful and happy Christmas. We wish you all the best in 2021.<\/p>\n

Lookback<\/h2>\n

Well I don’t think any of us could have predicted 2020 would pan out the way it did. We know it has been tough for everyone and our sympathies go to all those who have lost someone dear.<\/p>\n