What the Annual is
The Ornament Annual, published at ornamenttracker.com by Tier 4 Support Inc. of Santa Monica, California, is an editorial publication about Christmas ornaments: their history, their makers, and their care. Reading it requires no account and costs nothing; the publication is supported by affiliate links as described in the Publisher's Notices.
What the writing is, and is not
Our pages are history, opinion, and practical guidance offered in good faith. They are not appraisals, authentication services, investment advice, or professional conservation treatment. Where a care technique is safe for a household we say so, with sources; where the honest answer is a professional conservator, we say that instead. Value and attribution judgments about any particular piece you own or might buy are yours to make, and the merchants our shelves link to are responsible for their own listings, prices, and descriptions.
Whose words and pictures these are
The text of the Annual, its design, and the photographs of our own collection are © Tier 4 Support Inc. Please don't republish them without permission; a link is always welcome instead. Historical images from the Library of Congress collections appear with their credit lines and carry no known publication restrictions per that institution's rights notes. Trademarks and brand names mentioned in our pages belong to their owners; mentioning them is history, not affiliation.
The practical clauses
The site is provided as-is: we work to keep it accurate and available, and we promise neither perfection nor permanence. Following an outbound link puts you on someone else's site under their terms. If we get a fact wrong, tell us through the contact page and we will fix it, because being correctable is the whole premise of this publication. These terms may be revised as the Annual grows; the version on this page is the current one. The Annual's other notices: privacy and affiliate disclosure.