We had work done in our attic recently, before Thanksgiving. The attic is finished and we have storage areas that we keep Christmas decorations in among other "stuff". Somehow, one of my boxes of favorite ornaments was moved from its designated storage place, placed elsewhere and no one told me. After Thanksgiving, Tommy and I put the Christmas tree up and brought various boxes down from the attic. I had no problem finding the majority of my Christmas decorations, nativity, crèche, handmade stockings, etc…
As I decorated the tree I noticed the one box of ornaments missing. I kept going up to the attic and looking and searching. Alyssa and Sam were here for dinner and I told Alyssa I couldn't find the one box. Alyssa said she noticed certain ornaments missing from the tree and agreed I was short that one box. Finally I looked in a totally different storage area of the attic, one that does not contain Christmas items and there it was, the infamous box of missing ornaments.
This precious box holds my most favorite and sentimental Christmas ornaments. The ones that were made by my children when they were much younger. I love these the most. I get a kick each year out of each one when I decorate the Christmas tree. Most of the ornament creating began in the preschool years, Some unfortunately didn't make it through the years. But most survived. Thomas is 27 and the wooden snowman managed to make it through the years.
When my kids were younger and breakable ornaments weren't really an option I would trim the tree with the majority of their handmade ornaments. I loved it. Our tree was unique. Things are different these days; everyone is grown (with the exception of our new kitten wearing glitter believing the Christmas tree is his own personal toy hanger). The "breakable" ornaments of the past are no longer the most fragile ones. It's these awesome colored paper and glue creations that hang on the branches higher up on the tree to hopefully keep them safe to enjoy another year that I protect the most.
Lelly age 4.
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