tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post116615177192829733..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Ornamental Memoriesyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166488850242218462006-12-18T19:40:00.000-05:002006-12-18T19:40:00.000-05:00In 1975, when I was 12, my mother bought a dainty ...In 1975, when I was 12, my mother bought a dainty little gold ornament at the mall and had it inscribed with the date. She gave that ornament to me at Christmas, along with a handwritten note which read as follows:<BR/><BR/><I>In the years to come<BR/>when you trim your tree,<BR/>it isn't much but you'll think of me.</I><BR/><BR/>And she was right, I do think of her every time I put that ornament on the tree. This year I plan to have my three-and-a-half year old put it on the tree while telling him about the grandmother that would've loved him more than life itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166482042964620792006-12-18T17:47:00.000-05:002006-12-18T17:47:00.000-05:00We have mostly animal ornaments. When we're travel...We have mostly animal ornaments. When we're traveling, I like to look for some of the tree creatures that I've never seen in real life. Moose and Polar Bear for example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166474610367643752006-12-18T15:43:00.000-05:002006-12-18T15:43:00.000-05:00My husband started our annual ornament tradition i...My husband started our annual ornament tradition in 1997 with a heart shaped "Our First Christmas Together" and followed it up with an engagement ring. Looking back I am still surprised at the thoughtfulness he showed as he is not by nature a romantic man. We have added a couple of dated ornaments each year. This year is the first since the kids were babies that we have put the breakable ornaments on the tree. The kids are now six and seven and I sorta trust them even though their lightsabers have gotten periously close to the tree a few times. Those are beautiful ornaments, I'm so jealous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166473651731327162006-12-18T15:27:00.000-05:002006-12-18T15:27:00.000-05:00h-man, I didn't think anybody actually clicked the...h-man, <BR/>I didn't think anybody actually clicked the links anymore. Thanks for restoring my faith.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166464212679745572006-12-18T12:50:00.000-05:002006-12-18T12:50:00.000-05:00Leave it to you to put a link to a horse c*ck in a...Leave it to you to put a link to a horse c*ck in a Christmas post!Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166420431543058872006-12-18T00:40:00.000-05:002006-12-18T00:40:00.000-05:00There's nothing on our tree this year except light...There's nothing on our tree this year except lights. Because we're lazy. Maybe that will be a memory in itself: 2006, the year the Wabbit family was just too lazy to decorate the tree...Thumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154314376352066709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166419316037175182006-12-18T00:21:00.000-05:002006-12-18T00:21:00.000-05:00Geez...I have "lost custody" of so many Christmas ...Geez...I have "lost custody" of so many Christmas ornaments over the years that I basically started over about two years ago. A huge pity, that. <BR/><BR/>This year is going to be my first in Baltimore—I've gone to Florida to be with my family every other year-so I have to tag along with GF's traditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166390376305280022006-12-17T16:19:00.000-05:002006-12-17T16:19:00.000-05:00I think I mentioned this last year when you did yo...I think I mentioned this last year when you did your Xmas post, but I have a dated ornament for every year since 1990 - my first Christmas on my own. It's cool to look at them every year as they are put on the tree and remember what I was doing that year as some of them are very specific - "Our New Home" or "Baby's First Christmas".<BR/><BR/>We have the Christmas tree lights on now, as a matter of fact, even though it's 7 am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166331439595166042006-12-16T23:57:00.000-05:002006-12-16T23:57:00.000-05:00My partner's sister lives across the street from u...My partner's sister lives across the street from us. The other day she was telling us how she was realizing how many traditions she's established, to the point that they are overwhelming. We have a few but mostly we just want to enjoy the lights, the decorations, each other's company.<BR/><BR/>Our tree is jampacked with ornamentation, crammed with memories. I have a green rhinoceros ornament that I bought at an after-Christmas sale when I was no older than maybe 16, so, ahem, that's been a while... others were given to each of us by our moms, or friends, or we bought them on trips (including some great ones I got in Nome, at a Russian import shop). <BR/><BR/>We almost lost a whole box of memories when the roof leaked; I had just that year started putting the Christms decor in big plastic snap-lid containers, and the leak was squarely over the container holding the bulk of the ornaments.Impetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354915621349760545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166317648445106252006-12-16T20:07:00.000-05:002006-12-16T20:07:00.000-05:00Our modern lives are flooded with light--we leave ...Our modern lives are flooded with light--we leave all the lights on in our houses all the time, even in the rooms we aren't using, don't we? It staves off the darkness but it doesn't really make us happy. What makes us happy is turning out the lights and looking at candlelight or firelight or Christmas lights (which are modern replacements for candles, aren't they). Christmas lights also look something like stars--the way stars used to look, before our lives were overtaken with light pollution.<BR/><BR/>I'm not generally big on tradition--I'd rather do things a different way every time. But the one tradition I look forward to at Christmas is the Christmas Eve service that ends with all the lights out and everyone holding candles, singing Silent Night. That is very beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166307558729322642006-12-16T17:19:00.000-05:002006-12-16T17:19:00.000-05:00Just about all of our ornaments are either ones I ...Just about all of our ornaments are either ones I made as a child or ones my children have made. There is nothing better than a Christmas tree full of memories!<BR/><BR/>Michele sent me.Kristalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167198322972972758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166295541339366592006-12-16T13:59:00.000-05:002006-12-16T13:59:00.000-05:00I have to say no memories at all, we tend to make ...I have to say no memories at all, we tend to make it just look Christmasy each year.<BR/>Here from Michele's.Pastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740998342727523268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166292099732054442006-12-16T13:01:00.000-05:002006-12-16T13:01:00.000-05:00dave2,I haven't put up my Defiant blinking ornamen...dave2,<BR/><BR/>I haven't put up my Defiant blinking ornament in a few years. I should.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166288283215559712006-12-16T11:58:00.000-05:002006-12-16T11:58:00.000-05:00I was browsing Michele's site today and thought I'...I was browsing Michele's site today and thought I'd come visit ya :) I hear you on watching the lights...it's so relaxing to just sit quietly sometimes, and they're so pretty, aren't they?<BR/>Have a Merry Christmas!! :)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649007194044098187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166286450156417002006-12-16T11:27:00.000-05:002006-12-16T11:27:00.000-05:00When I was young, I used to make ornaments for our...When I was young, I used to make ornaments for our family tree. Looking back, they were pretty hideous, but it's probably what I remember most about our tree growing up.<BR/><BR/>Well, that and my Star Trek "Enterprise" ornament! It doesn't get much geekier than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166275010657111642006-12-16T08:16:00.000-05:002006-12-16T08:16:00.000-05:00It'd be funny to put an ornament of a bike underne...It'd be funny to put an ornament of a bike underneath that Alamo ornament.<BR/><BR/>All my tree memories are of my mom and I digging up the ratty little fake trees we've owned through the years out of the attic. <BR/><BR/>She's gone now. I'm building <A HREF="http://rustbeltramblings.blogspot.com/2006/12/o-dog-fletchmonster-and-arborcide.html" REL="nofollow">new memories</A> now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1166270014971821642006-12-16T06:53:00.000-05:002006-12-16T06:53:00.000-05:00Michele sent me over, Yellojkt.I have no tree so t...Michele sent me over, Yellojkt.<BR/><BR/>I have no tree so that's an easy question to answer: none.<BR/><BR/>I've been to all three of the locations you named there. I really liked San Antonio a lot but it's a wee hot in summer. Like you said, the actual Alamo is so small and nondescript that it's quite disconcerting. I was quite surprised when I saw it the first time back around 1980. I like the steamship ornament from St Louis the best of your 3 pictures. It's very dynamic looking.utenzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988445461413550750noreply@blogger.com