CZĘSTOCHOWA, Poland — If you could design a bauble for your own Christmas tree, what would it be — a teddy bear dressed as a ballerina, a hummingbird, or a crimson phoenix?

Photos: Shaping blown glass into Christmas ornaments

Shaping hot glass into ornament

Ryszard Baran

Blown-glass Christmas tree ornament

Christmas tree decorations

Poland Christmas decorations

Glass decorations

Worker shapes hot glass

Decorations bound for U.S.

Shaping hot glass

Christmas decorations

Shaping hot glass into decoration

Decorating tree ornaments

Decorating blown glass

Decorating Christmas tree ornaments

Blown-glass designs

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