We are seeing a rise in the popularity of “vintage” items such as blow molds, ceramic Christmas trees, cookie jars, Spode dinnerware, nativity scenes, Santa figurines and angel tree toppers.

Everyone from Michael Jackson and Madonna to Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth has been immortalized as little pooping ceramic figurines thanks to an odd centuries-old Spanish Christmas tradition.

A ceramic figurine of Michael Jackson defecating is seen at a market in Barcelona, Spain. Caganers - statuettes of well-known people defecating - are a Christmas tradition in Catalonia ...

However, some common holiday decorations like tinsel, ceramic Christmas trees ... also meant families had to conserve with handmade ornaments and less tinsel than usual. Tinsel, which was often ...