December 10, 2007
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Holidays
I want to first apologize for not blogging in several days. I was swept up into a whirlwind of holiday parties. But I missed blogging, missed reading your blogs, and I missed your comments.
Yesterday my husband and I set up our Christmas tree. I always love this process. As we unpacked each ornament, I was flooded with memories. Each ornament is either bought at a certain time, made by someone special, or given for a unique reason. When my husband and I first moved in together, we did not own the unique ornaments I had put on my tree growing up. We went to CVS and bought the shiny glass bauble ornaments- they were not the same. However, we found a way to love our new ornaments. Every year we have our friends over to decorate our tree. We make each one of them sign (in permanent marker) an ornament with their name or with a message. They go back for five years, and each year reflects the spirit of that time. I have now inherited the ornaments I grew up with, but the written on, simple CVS baubles are among my favorites.
Do you have favorite holiday traditions?
Comments (2)
I love sentimental people, they are the ones that make memories out of everything and you get to remember those times when you are around them. =) We’ve never really had any holiday traditions other than to spend time with each other on Christmas day..lol, I’d like to start something up though…but I’ll have to think about it more.
THAT is a wonderful idea!!!! too bad my friends are all scattered around the nation …
but you gave me an idea …
for us .. as a tradition, we hang a new pic of the kid(s) so they can see how much they’ve grown on the christmas tree …