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Collecting Snowglobes



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The most popular kind of snow globes ( also know as snow domes or snow shakers) that people collect are the Disney Snow globes.
They have a wide selection of snow globes devoted to Disney characters like Snowhite, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the beast, the Lion king, Pirates of the Caribbean etc.

Before most snowglobes are of average size. Nowadays snow globes have this huge display on the outside and the little globe is put in the middle and come with musical boxes and figurines. See the picture above.

The precursor of the snowglobes were glass paperweights.

Snowglobes were first made and sold in France to tourists in the 1880's containing a model of Eiffel Tower commemorating a significant event in French History. Soon after, these tiny water filled globes were so popular in Europe made its way to America in the 1920's. Snowglobes were also served as advertising giveaways in the 1940's.The first plastic snowglobes were manufactured in the fifties.

Snowglobes were particularly sold in roadside attraction, famous landmarks, museums, old homes of famous people.

Vintage snowglobes that are considered rare and collectible usually depicted scenes representing remote, abandoned or no longer existed.

Snowglobes aren't just Christmas related. There are many sports team that have a snowglobe collectible for their loyal fans. There are snowglobes for NFL and Nascar fans or even containing replicas of famous sports stadiums.

It was believed that upper class Victorian families who had a thing for the kitsch bought and collected snowglobes made of glass.

When it comes to snowglobe collecting, one should keep in mind the temperature and space you have in your house. As your collection grows space would surely be running out.
When it gets too hot or too cold glass snowglobes may break if the liquid inside freezes or boils. Always remember, the liquid inside snowglobes will evaporate as time goes by.

The fascination of snowglobes and why people love to collect these things is because when we look into the snowglobe is like looking into another world that is continously winter. Shake it and its impossible to resist the silent peaceful magic unlike a real snowfall its get slushy and needs to be shoveled. You can't resist watching that drifting snow, totally drawn into the scene and feel the rest of the world recede us.

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