Christmas ornaments with memories

I have a lot of ornaments.. too many in fact, but over the years I have gotten them for one reason or another. The kids have made them, I have received them for friends, gotten them on travels, or revisited my childhood AND ebay to rekindle memories of some of the ornaments we had when we were younger. Tried to get personalized ones for the kids or at least a special ornament each year for the kids. I think I have enough for each of them to have a tree.

This sheep was from Dads nativity set when he was younger. He gave it to me wrapped in foil and it always makes me think back to how his Christmas’s would have been and what the rest of the nativity set would of looked like. He always talks about the candy his mom would make giving them a shoe box full each of ribbon candies, divinity, fudge,

Mom had a set of 40 or so lace glass ornaments of all styles from a Christmas tree to bird cages. Over the years they seemed to have dwindled due to the slippery hands of us kids over the years. I think she said the set first came from Cost Plus which was in the Mayfield Mall many years ago. I had been looking all over to replenish her set and was having a heck of a time finding them for her and then one day she gave me this set of nativities. She thought I was looking for me and found these at one of the shops she goes too.   Of course I did eventually find some, at the Santa Cruz Mission, and was able to give her 6 angels for her 6 grandchildren and some angels which I was very happy to have found.

When we were younger we had this little 2 inch white and pink glitter Cinderella looking carriage that I just loved. I stared at it as a child and always wished it was big enough for me to ride in. Well on one of our Disney trips Michael’s mom bought this carriage for me giving me new memories to think about Dis-neyland.. I love this ornament and always think of Jan and our trip together that year.

With our wedding in November we were lucky enough to have friends gift us with a tree topper, stockings, and many ornaments. To this day we still have most of them and I think of the people who have given them to us every year

I bring them out. This is one of the ornaments Alicia gave us for our wedding, a wooden yellow Santa. It puts a smile on my face bringing me back 13 years not only to our wedding but the friendship Alicia and I have… good times.. good times..

One of the 3 little kittens with mittens this lady made for the kids.

I have so many ornaments that have sentimental memories that I will have to start to catalog them.

~ by mrsgijoe on January 14, 2009.