I love Christmas. Together with Hallowe’en, it is one of my favorite times of the year. Although I love Christmas more for the feelings it evokes in us all, and the beautiful ornaments and baubles that fill the stores at this special time of the year. Hallowe’en is about fun and decorating and being creative with the kids.
Typically each Christmas I buy myself at least one or two new ornaments for the tree. My mother started me on this after the birth of my first child. She began gifting me some exquisite and eclectic keepsake ornaments and I became hooked instantly!
My tree doesn’t have a theme, per se. It’s a real mix of colors and styles.. everything from Celtic, baroque, Victorian, folk-artsy and everything in between. I’m not into designer trees where everything matches and the colors all work together. I believe a tree should be interesting, and should reveal small wonders about it the more a person stands and examines it.. I can get lost in the admiration of an interesting tree (I’ve only seen ONE in my life that had that effect on me, and was my inspiration for my tree.) And thus begins the building of my Christmas tree keepsakes.
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- wooden nutcracker
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- Glass snowman
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- Skeleton key
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- whimsy santa
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- whimsy pig
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- ballet snowgirl
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- elves and gingerbreads
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- whimsy sheep
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- gold ball
