We're hitting the Handknit Holiday Decor ground running this December with a handknit paper chains. Add some colour to your holiday decor with handknit paper chain bunting Paper chains seem to have made an appearance as holiday decor around the mid-19th Century in England. The idea likely snuck over from Germany in the Victorian era where a lot of our Australian holiday traditions have filtered down from. During more austere times ( think Great Depression and war rationing )