Putting up my tree is so much fun, and so exhausting. It never fails, every year when I open up the boxes I am flooded with memories of Christmases past and as much as it makes me smile, it really, really hurts. I miss my Momaw, I miss my Grandma Sis, I miss my Grandma Grace, I miss my Grandma Juanita, I miss my Aunt Brenda, I miss my Uncle John, my Uncle Kenny, I miss those giant family gatherings full of a bunch of nuts that were so loud you couldn't hear yourself think and there was so much wrapping paper someone always lost a present, but most of all I miss the Grandmas. They really are the glue you know? Once they are gone it is never the same.
I do really revel in my tree, and I take pride in the fact that it looks like it belongs in a candy store. I really, really do!
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| I love her every year, more than the year before. She is as old as me, tattered and tacky and priceless. |
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| A newer arrival, fresh from the Pottery Barn. The place I would live in the event of a zombie apocalypse! |
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| A drummer for Greggie. So shiny and alert with his cymbals ready to crash. |
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| New this year, direct from Pier One, where I shop, because I cannot afford Pottery Barn., an Owl I converted in to a tree topper. |
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| Our first married ornament. So cheesy! |
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| Avery's 2nd Christmas. Love you Hallmark! |
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| The first Baby's first Christmas ornament, and the model for the coming years. |
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| I have a ton of these. Stolen from my mom's box. She loves to tell the story of how my dad thought they really were cookies and not styrofoam. YUCK! |
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| Also for Greggie's love of owls, many throughout the tree. I love them now too! Maybe I am Julia Roberts in run away bride. Which bird do I really like?? |
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| From my friend Ginger, a new tradition. The Christmas pickle. I still think it looks like a green SHUT YOUR MOUTH. |
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| Another owl. this one from my favorite, more affordable store, TARGET! |
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| Another cookie stolen from my mom. |
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| A new addition from World Market last year. A Zeppelin carrying an elephant. That's reasonable. |
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| Another lifted little lady. She's missing a ski, but she can still shred! |
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| Bath and Body reindeer in a hoodie. Yes indeed! |
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| Extra special. These nests are floral pics I put in the arrangements at our wedding. I grabbed them all up before we left for Charleston and pepper them all over the tree. |
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| St. Nick ready for some football. Damn you Hank Williams Jr. for ruining that phrase! |
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| Sweet St. Nick. An oldie but a goodie. He matches the skier! |
I super heart your tree. It's one of the most fantastic trees I know and it's so special that so many or your ornaments are meaningful. LOVE the candy garland. That Bath & Body Works - they always have some of the neatest ornaments. Buster Cat Nixon loves a B&BW sheep that I have on the tree...that one might need to be moved a little further up the tree.
ReplyDeleteOh! And I almost forgot to comment on the owl tree topper - that is SO clever. You are a creative genius.
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