This Year's Tree

It's a small tree, and it's not a real tree this year. We bought a pre-lighted one at the auction last week for just a few dollars and Larry was delighted--he would not have to cut and drag a tree after all! I prefer a live one, but for the price, well....

So, no live tree but a very pretty little one. We trimmed it with almost all vintage balls along with a few that are special to me for all kinds of reasons.

Like this one made by my mother

and this one given to my by my youn friend Anastasia (and made by her Greek grandmother)

Then there's the heart-shaped one brought back from Germany by my son Derek

 

and a picture ornament of our youngest son Tommy on his first Christmas, given to me by his babysitter

 



and this red one with my name on it, made by me when I was a child (and one of the few things that survived my childhood!)

 

One was given to me by a family for whom I told stories one Christmas

 

 

and a cute teapot-shaped one was given to me by my youngest sister, Julie

 

 

and there are a few from the huge collection my parents gathered through the years

 

and a candy cane made for me by the Adult Basic Education students when I was manager of my first branch library, at Clendenin, West Virginia

 

So many ornaments, so many memories. And so much fun to see them again and find just the right place to hang them.

 

 

 

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