By request, I'm going to post some pictures of my German ornaments. The first one shows Hansel and Gretel outside the witch's gingerbread house. Notice the witch's cat on the roof! He looks familiar!

This type of German ornament is known as "Zinnfiguren" or tin figures. In English this is usually translated as pewter ornaments. Most are hand-painted, and they're not made only for Christmas -- you can get them in motifs for almost every season and occasion. The one in the picture is about 2.5 inches tall, but they also make much larger ones that are intended to hang in windows or on walls.

I'll post some more pictures of my ornaments in the next few days.