Hand Carved Olive Wood Holiday Ornaments from the Holy Land

This handmade holiday ornaments is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Jerusalem. Made from genuine olive wood, each piece is unique with natural grain patterns. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

About This Ornament

Pick one of these up and you'll notice the grain right away. Every single ornament is different. That's not a marketing line, it's just how wood works, especially olive wood from the Holy Land, where the trees grow slowly and the patterns run deep.

At $2.50 each, these are easy to order in bulk, and people do. They hang on trees, sure, but I've also seen them tucked into gift boxes, tied onto packages, dropped into Christmas card envelopes. Small things travel well. These are genuinely good holy land souvenirs from Bethlehem that cost less than a cup of coffee and carry a lot more weight.

If you're looking for ornaments hand carved by real people in a real place, not a factory floor somewhere, this is what that looks like. We've been shipping these ornaments for sale worldwide for years now, and the orders keep coming back every December.

Features & Details

• ✓ Genuine Holy Land olive wood, hand carved in Bethlehem
• ✓ No two ornaments are alike, every grain pattern is different
• ✓ Comes with a golden hanging string, ready to use
• ✓ Includes a Zuluf Certificate of Authenticity
• ✓ Fair trade, made directly in the Zuluf family workshop
• ✓ No trees cut down, wood sourced from annual pruning of living trees
• ✓ Ships direct from Jerusalem, Israel in most orders
• ✓ Striking handcrafted christmas ornament or holy land souvenir

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A woman in Pennsylvania ordered 40 of these last November. She was putting together little gift bags for her whole congregation, one ornament per family. She emailed after Christmas to say people were asking where she found them. That's the kind of thing that makes this worth doing.

They work for almost any occasion. Easy to order online, easy to wrap, easy to ship inside a card. And with free US shipping over $100, buying a few extras makes sense.

The Story Behind It

Most ornaments you find online are factory-made in bulk, painted to look handmade. These aren't. Every piece comes from Christian artisan families in Bethlehem who've been carving wood for generations, the same families, the same workshops, the same hands.

The olive wood itself comes from annual pruning. Nobody cuts down a living tree for this. The branches come off anyway, and instead of burning them, the carvers turn them into something that lasts. I find that part worth mentioning, not because it sounds good, but because it's true and most people don't know it.

These are 3rd generation artisans working ten minutes from where the story of Christmas actually started. That detail doesn't fit on a gift tag, but it's real, and I think it matters when you're shopping for gifts from the Holy Land.

Care Instructions

Olive wood is low maintenance. If it starts looking a little dry after a few seasons, rub a small drop of olive oil into it with a cloth and it'll come right back. Don't soak it in water. That's really all there's to it.