Clip on Bat Christmas Ornament

12308 Merck Family's Old World Christmas

Introduced 2011

Measures approximately 4 1/2"

Mouth blown, hand painted, glass Christmas ornament from Merck Family's Old World Christmas.

Since bats live in caves, which were seen as the entrance to the nether-world, they were thought to be immortal. Western belief associates the bat with Vampires, spirits who suck the blood of the living. However, in China, the bat is a symbol of long life,  happiness and many blessings.