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What is your favorite Christmas/Holiday tree ornament? [1]

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Date: 2022-12-11

Anyway, I wanted to show you some of my mine —

These are my two favorites — the six pointed one on the left and the red star on the right

For many years, this dog was always the first ornament to go on the tree and I would have someone else do the honor of placing it

I have a lot of dog ornaments

I bought the “Merry Christmas Grandmother” ornament for my Mema over fifty years ago. When Kenny Jose knocked the tree over, you can see it broke the ornament and the back is missing. I couldn’t bare to throw it away so still use it. I have absolutely no idea where the Shirley Temple snowsuit tag came from.

Early Santa Clauses are very popular. I especially like the cotton batting one on the upper left and the German tinsel with the cut cardboard face on the bottom right. I have three of those.

This very early Clown one is nice. The beaded elephant was presented to me on Christmas morning while on a safari by a staff member who made it.

and this small wreath hung on my hospital room door in Vina Del Mar, Chile where I spent Christmas with an extreme case of gringo sickness.

Of course, my beloved Kentucky Wildcats are included

This clam shell with a pearl is unusual.

My male greyhound, Roscoe Rolando, use to wear this pen on his winter coat

various musical instruments

This is an 1880s German Kugel ornament

some type of fruit but assuming it is an unripe strawberry

I collect world globes and this one is from a friend

there’s a lot of grapes and pinecones

that’s a fish on the left

a Victorian oil lamp

I also collect old roping especially the really early tinsel and glass beaded ones

I’ve always liked this boot and it originally held candy

Since I’m a gardener who forces a lot of amaryllises, this one is special

an overweight or bundled up skier

I have four or five Pixies on the tree

All types of birds

This old car is too valuable to hang on the tree. I only broke three ornaments while hanging all of these.

I picked up these three vintage Austrian felt animals this summer. I have been told since they are so large that they must have been used in a department store. I thought they would be great under the tree.

So there you have it. I could go on and on as you can see. After fifteen years with a bare tree, this has been wonderful.

I would love to see your favorite ornaments and even more about why they are special to you.

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