LEWISTON — For more than a decade starting in 1959, a Lewiston factory looked something like a Christmas workshop as it churned out millions of brightly colored ornaments. Paragon Glass Works ...

These glass Christmas ornaments were made by Lewiston’s Paragon Glass Works a half-century ago. Paragon competed with larger manufacturers in Germany, Poland and beyond and, ...

But in one small town in Germany, this tradition means a little bit more, as it is where the first ever Christmas baubles were made. While the glass balls bought today may have been manufactured ...

It was once one of over 1,500 manufacturers in this part of Eastern Germany, blowing glass ornaments and painting them by hand. But today, most Christmas decorations are mass-produced in China.