A basketball hoop glass ornament is an easy yes for the household that schedules dinner around tipoff. It stands in for driveway games, gym bleachers, and the couch-side commentary that arrives every March. Hang it where the lights catch the backboard, or tie it onto a gift bag for a coach, a teammate, or a kid who never puts the ball down.
Perfect for: team gift exchanges, coach gifts, sports themed trees, first apartment trees, ornament exchanges, and stocking stuffers.
Basketball was invented in 1891 by a gym teacher looking for a safer game than football, so the shape carries more history than you might expect on a tree. This one is glass, mouth-blown into a carved mold, hand-painted, and glittered in the tradition that began in the 1800s and that Old World Christmas follows. It arrives with a keepsake box.
Build a whole sports branch around it, then keep going through our Christmas ornaments for the rest of the roster.
