We finally put the tree up yesterday. I was all for skipping the whole Christmas event, but I don't live alone. I live with three kids who so rarely ask for anything, that I find it difficult to say no when they do, in particular if it's easily within my ability to give them what they want. In this case, the only effort was going into the attic.
I do like the tree, I like the lights and the shape of it. I also have a few favored ornaments that I was glad to see.
This is the first of the ornaments Matt and I ever bought. It's a red pear, the lighting is off. There is a green pear that matches it.
Here is the original Matt ornament. It was from a kid's meal...I forget from where. I just remember seeing it on a banner and knowing THAT was THE one. It's his favorite and after falling in love with Expedition Everest at Disney, we all cheer when the Yeti comes out each year.
These are a set of 10 plastic bead angels the kids and I made together the last year they deemed crafts an acceptable holiday event.
Our Hannah and Hallie dolls, who have graced our tree for six years now.
This angel has been on every tree I can remember. I took it off the tree at my mother's house after I moved out on my own. It was the only ornament from my childhood that I wanted to keep. I remember after I asked her for that one, she boxed up a huge assortment for me to take, over the years, they have broken or have been passed on or are in a different box somewhere up there in the attic. My little angel is the only one I really wanted.
Hiking bear! I love him.
My little birdhouse to complement Ben's assortment of birds!
I love these blank-faced angels and I have a collection of them.
This was from when I woke up one day and decided I loved pigs. I bought...several pig figurines that year. The kids looked for an ornament of a pig, this was as close as they could get.
So, maybe it's a Solstice tree or a standing Yule log or a fancy Festivus pole or a Christmas tree, I can't force everyone to change their minds just because I am having a hard time making sense of the season.
