We do not have many ornaments on the trees that have a lot of meaning. When we got married, my roommate gave us a whole bunch of ornaments as a wedding present. I still think that is the best idea. I don't think we had a tree that first year because we celebrated in Colorado. The next year, we were in our very first home with a brand new baby and it was so fun to get a tree and decorate with those ornaments. Thanks, Jess!We planned to buy an ornament every year to signify something special about the year. We got these reindeer in 1998 to celebrate our marriage. I was going to put the year on it but 9 years later, it is still blank. We got "Baby's First Year" ornament in 1999. Harry came to decorate the tree in 2000 because that was the year we first got introduced to those books.
And then we stopped. Not sure why. We did buy an ornament in Virginia in March of 2006 when we went to Great Wolf Lodge. It seems to have gotten lost in the move though so it never made it onto the tree. Sad. We haven't bought any others. Maybe we will have to restart that tradition this year.The only other ornament of significance on the tree is Dave's little mouse from his childhood. The star says 1981.
They aren't significant as far as memories go but I still love my red and gold ornaments on the nice tree. We have a good mix of breakable and unbreakable (for down low), expensive and cheap but they all look great together.
Can you see me?
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Okay, it's probably just me, but I like the red/gold/silver ornaments better than any of the "unique" ones. So, for my taste, keep it mass produced and pretty.
What a fun post. My husband introduced me to the tradition of "meaningful" ornaments and we have gone whole hog. I'd love to post about it, but there is a small chance it would take me 5 hours. We'll see!
I really hope to have two trees someday. One that is beautiful and one that is meaningful and joyful. We'll see. . .
i love the *spt* photo in this post! very creative.
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