Some are also available as keyrings if your tree is already filled to capacity, and some as baubles too. (image credit: Florence and Belle)

Choose from eight different guitars and colours, with each guitar cut and printed onto a hardboard with a gloss finish. Personalised too, so you can have a name printed onto it. The same maker did some slightly different ones last year. But this year’s set is bigger and for me, better too. I tend to do a top 25 retro Christmas tree decorations and baubles round-up each year, but as yet, I haven’t been able to update it for this year. When I do, I’m pretty sure these will be present. But the range is so deep that I feel like I should give the collection a feature all of its own. (image credit: Florence and Belle) Four Miffy decorations, two large and two smaller, but all designed to be loved by anyone in your house who loves Miffy. We have at least one person who fits that bill in our home.If like me, you love a bit of Lego, then you might want some retro Christmas tree decorations made out of the stuff. A set of five glass decorations, which apparently represent the treats the designer’s Nanny and Grandad use to give him as a child. The Battenberg one is a dream.

Patten says desire for the comforting and traditional often coincides with periods of social and economic upheaval. “This happened in the 1800s as a result of industrialisation and urbanisation. There was a revival of traditional Christmas customs … seen as a link to the ancient past and a constant that people could cling to in the changing world.” Yes, a little bit kitsch, but I don’t see that as a bad thing when it comes to retro Christmas tree decorations.

Marimekko Raanu Christmas decorations by Sanna Annukka

Kurt Adler used to do different decorations each year featuring the Fab Four, but the label hasn’t done any for a while now. However, you can still buy past decorations online if you hunt around. Best of all, they come as a set of three, which puts them into the better value category of this rundown. Each one is unique and hand-finished and with the kind of kitsch appeal that will create a talking point. Well, I featured a Mini, so it seems right that the other leading light of retro cars is featured too. Yes, I love Peanuts, so of course, I went looking for some decorations featuring the Charles Schulz characters. Of course, we have flagged up the Primal Scream Screamadelica decoration above, but you can choose from The Pixies and Teenager Fanclub through to Neu!, Lou Reed and Bowie. These handmade designs are great as a gift for a music lover too.

In short, there must be something here for you. I have my eye on at least three for our tree this year. And the range keeps on growing. (image credit: Florence and Belle)Last year I went for a robot. But this year’s sci-fi entry is this wonderful spaceship at John Lewis. In recent years, Christmas decorations have been dominated by quirky ornaments referencing pop culture, such as baubles shaped like pug dogs, David Bowie or avocados. Simple houses emitting the warm glow of candlelight are a change of pace. I could probably do without the writing on it, but the design itself is to be commended. A detailed recreation of a vintage TV in miniature and in glass. This is a mini replica of the kind of record player you might expect to see in a bedroom in the 1960s. Think Dansette or a similar brand. For something so small, there really are some lovely details on this. Plenty of colours too.