We decorated our Christmas tree this weekend. I would say, “We finally decorated our Christmas tree this weekend,” but looking over my blog posts from past Decembers shows that we usually wait until mid-December. Now that we are back to having a green tree again, I really enjoy taking my time to decorate, and treasuring the memories associated with each ornament.
This is my favorite religious-themed ornament.
It’s a simple nativity scene in plain porcelain.
This is my favorite non-religious-themed ornament.
It’s a hand-blown glass ornament, and I can’t look at it without matching its smile.
This may be our oddest ornament.
What says Christmas more than a cow wearing a tie and a jingle bell sash
with a candy cane in its mouth?
This is an ornament I made as a child.
A plywood cut-out that has stood the test of time!
This is an ornament I remember having on our Christmas tree as a child.
I think it’s made of woven straw–another simple design.
This year I decorated the tree without using any of our plain glass balls.
It may not be as bright, but I think it has more character.
Do you have a favorite ornament?
Do you have any ornaments from your childhood?
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I love ornaments with a story. Especially that cow!!!
It’s a homemade angel that was given to me when my daughter was born 27 years ago. She was in intensive care and I wasn’t sure I was going to get to bring home a daughter. But she survived and thrived and it has topped our tree every year since then.
That is very precious!
I love the cow! We still have a lot of the really old decorations from when I was super broke (at the time, I was a single mom with 2 kids). I had the kids hand-make ornaments with cardboard and markers. Those are some of the best ornaments. Warms my heart to look at those ornaments each year as a reminder to how far God has brought me. It’s wonderful. HE is wonderful!
That’s a great way to remember them with gratitude!
I love your snowman!! 🙂
I love the snowman!! He’s adorable 🙂 This year, I got a Starbucks cut ornament at an ornament exchange…pretty happy about that!
Hah! I’d lvoe a Starbucks ornament too. 😉
I love your tree and your favorite ornaments. The cow is awesome!!!
I don’t have any ornaments from growing up – not sure why since some of them were given to me – oh, well we started fresh as adults but our boys will have some to look back and remember Christmases from their childhood.
I don’t have any from my childhood…at least not on my tree 😉
We intended on getting our tree this weekend…we didn’t lol We’ll get it next weekend!
I love all of your ornaments! We have accumulated most of our ornaments over the years and have a bunch from my childhood which I LOVE. That’s what I think makes the tree so special is that there is so much history and so many stories on that one tree. Love your snowman!
And I think that’s one reason it takes so long to decorate — I pause to remember the “history” of each one!
LOVE the mix!!!! Beautiful
Thanks!