Christmas Tree Ornaments - Advent Day #3

Christmas Tree Ornaments We have a ton of ornaments that have been accumulating for the past 33 years. It's funny, but I don't remember much about the ornaments my family used or had. It seems like there were alot of round glass ones, but not sure if there were any special ones. If there were, they never made their way to me. As for us, though, it all began about 32 years ago on Chrissy's first Christmas, she was only 4 months old. It seems that having children of your own brings out that kind of thing, like ornaments for the Christmas tree. We have always tried to set our own traditions and customs, and I think we have succeeded. Before we moved to the house we live in now, about 8 years ago, we always had one tree... a live one... and all of the ornaments, lights etc went on it. Now, we usually have two. The one downstair is artificial and has all ornaments from the past on it, plus some new ones. I sometimes leave a few off the tree when I do the decorating, but this year, Devin and Heather decided to put up and decorate that tree, and they used every last one of those ornaments. It was nice hearing their reactions as they pulled out each one. Some were ones we had given all three of them for a special interest they had at the time, or many that they each had made from Sunday School, etc. Some have lost parts or have changed color, but sure do bring back special memories. So, as with our own kids, and now with the grandkids, I guess the ornaments will keep accumulating.