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Christmas traditions give holiday meaning — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:25:43 +0000

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By: Caitlin Usignol

Caitlin Usignol — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:30:37 +0000

I have this one that I only put on the tree. It is a family of penguins in a oral ice home decorating there own tree. It has always been mine.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:11:52 +0000

I have a few favorite ornaments. My grandmother was an artist, mostly watercolors. When I was 5 or 6, she began creating a painted ornament every year for all the grandchildren in the family (there are 7 of us) and my mom. I treasure these every year when I put them on the tree.

As she got older, she felt that she couldn’t paint as well and instead would make an ornament using one of those plastic kind you find at a craft store and fill it with potpourri and wrap a ribbon around it.

The year my father died, we had just finished putting up the tree (not a task we even wanted to do since he died a day before Thanksgiving) and walked to the kitchen when there was a crash. My mom and I hadn’t done all that great a job of making sure the tree was secure in the stand. It toppled over and laying in shards across the carpet were the remnants of ornaments.

Most of ornaments my grandmother had made me over the years survived. Unfortunately, most of my mom’s broke. She has only a few left.

By: Teresa W.

Teresa W. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:11:38 +0000

My favorite ornament is my Michigan football ornament that was given to me by a friend the year that they won the Rose Bowl!

By: Mitzi H.

Mitzi H. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:40:45 +0000

I also love the ornaments the kids made when they were in grammer school but my next favorites are the ornaments I’ve collected while on vacation in Hawaii. They are big and colorful and make me wish I could be there!!! Happy Holidays!!!

mitzihinkey at sbcglobal dot net

By: Carol Thompson

Carol Thompson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:14:37 +0000

My favourite ornaments are a set of 6 German made porcelain that my son and daughter gave me for Christmas 10 years ago.

They are beautifull and go in pride of place on the tree every year.

By: Barbara Elness

Barbara Elness — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:48:09 +0000

I have lots of cute little ornaments that I collected over the years, but one of my favorites has always been a Santa in a Spaceship – because that has always tickled me to think of Santa in space.

By: Kimberly B.

Kimberly B. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:24:57 +0000

I’m hoping it’s not too late to enter! When I was a kid, my aunt always used to give me these Time Life books about Christmas traditions in other countries. One of them was Christmas in the Netherlands, which came with a little Dutch girl ornament made out of Delftware. Of course, it was nearly too heavy to put on the tree, but it was really pretty!

By: Linda Henderson

Linda Henderson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:19:25 +0000

My favorite ornaments are special Christmas balls with a place for a picture and they say babies first Christmas. I have one for each of my daughters (they are 33 and 27 now.) They are very special to me.

By: NaughtyImp

NaughtyImp — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:50:10 +0000

I love those starbucks ornaments. (porcelain, miniature to-go coffee and frappacino cups). Seems silly, I know, but as an aspiring writer, and a grad student -my friends and I spend so much time there. The everyday events matter most, so those ornaments are memories of a lot of hard work, but also of good cheer.

Also, there this lovely seashell literally dug out of the Red Sea. Its great because it reminds me of adventure, and also this really hot french guy who was in my tour group…. LOL Adventure and Romance. Holidays that are full of happy possibility