Santas, and Snowflakes, and Angels, Oh My....

We finished putting up our Christmas tree and decorating it, today. My granddaughter, Caelee, came over and helped. Our Christmas tree is a trip down memory lane. Someday, I might pick a theme and start over with all brand new ornaments, but for now....I see snowmen, Christmas trees, candy canes and other Christmas items, made out of yarn by Cathy--she makes one every year for every member of our church! I see an Aerobics Bear given to me by one of my students over 20 years ago--we are still friends and she still goes to HAC! There's a Santa with ski's on--that reminds me of the year we were sponsors for our CBC ski trip to Winter Park Colorado (one of the coolest and most fun experiences of my life). Of course we have Charity and Faith's "first Christmas" ornaments--where have the years gone? (Charity is now 24 and Faith 21.). I see clay ornaments that have been hand painted (the girls and I did that one year while we were waiting for the week before Christmas to pass by). One of my very favorite ornaments is a Macy's shopping bag with a Teddy Bear and other gifts sticking out over the edge--this reminds me of the year that Charlie, Faith, and I went to New York. We saw the Statue of Liberty, Time Square, Little China, Central Park, the Met, all the great stores--Macy's, etc., the angels with trumpets and all of the beautiful Christmas decorations at Rockefeller Center.

What was I thinking? Why would I ever want to scrap these precious mementos of our life? Someday, maybe I'll get a tiny tree and have it perfectly decorated with "theme pieces".
Your right, it will never happen.

What are some of your favorite Christmas tree ornaments?