Snow globes started out as a novel take on the once-common paperweight. Owners could give the dome a quick shake and watch porcelain “snow” swirl around a familiar winter scene. While paperweights ...

Snow globes, water globes or whatever you may call them, they are fascinating for folks young and old. No one is certain as to when the first snow globe was made, but they appear to date from France ...

Oh, the fickleness of the TSA never ceases to confound me. Bottled water is still verboten, but snow globes are allowed through security checks, as of today. Here are some snow globes we'd like take ...

“They’re little worlds that are fun for people to look at and shake up,” says Julia Courtney, curator of “Let It Snow,” an exhibition of snow globes—and 19th century Japanese prints, but we’ll focus ...

My own snow globe story is not really about a snow globe. But those stories never are. The snow globes we remember best are the ones that say something about our lost childhoods. Mine involved ...

So I actually don’t have anything hanging above the couch because it’s a wall that gets a lot of morning light. I have a lot of photographs or prints, so they’re all on paper and wouldn’t withstand ...

Snow globes like to live in herds. Rarely do you find a single snow globe living comfortably. It just isn't natural. Snow globes enter most people's lives innocently as a souvenir or a gift. The next ...

Snow globes are beloved and widely collected seasonal decorations. Introduced in France, the snow globe was a successor to the glass paperweight. Made of heavy lead glass domes positioned over ceramic ...

Erwin Perzy, an Austrian surgical instruments mechanic, created one of the first snow globes in 1900 while attempting to fashion a brighter light bulb. What's False The first snow globes predate Perzy ...

The airline industry predicts some 42 million of us will be flying this holiday season, and that this weekend before Christmas will be one of the busiest periods. For tips on how to get through what's ...

Later this summer, you will able to pack snow globes in your carry-on luggage when you go to the airport. The Transportation Security Administration says it will give small snow globes a reprieve from ...