Christmas in Schönbrunn: Of Angels and Stars and Other Heavenly Things

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Shellac-etched glass star


Handcarved wooden angels in glass bell


Santa and Christkind scene in a tinderbox
Handcarved wooden figures
crafted by toymakers in the village of Seiffen
in the German Erzgebirge region


Angel
(keeping an eye on the punch line?)


Woolen sheep on cloud
(wouldn't hold still)


Pictures taken tonight at the
Christmas Market at
Schönbrunn Castle

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