Christmas Ornament
It is sometimes claimed that the modern Christmas ornament ball is descended from the witch ball. The ornament was allegedly originally placed on the tree to dispel a visitor’s envy at the presents left beneath the tree. However as the modern Christmas bauble's origins are documented in Lauscha, Germany in 1847, the provenance of this claim is debatable.
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“The tenth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Ten pipers piping,”
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The seeming truth which cunning times put on
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