My family's Christmas tradition began in 1980 when my aunt (my mom's sister) sent each of her relatives a Christmas decoration.
This is mine
By her calculations she has made 87 stockings (each new baby gets one), and almost 4000 ornaments over the past 39 years.
One year she made Stocking Mice.
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| this doggy loves Christmas |
This year our tree looks a little sparse. 3 years ago we sent our older son his decorations and stocking from his great auntie to use on his tree now that he lives too far away to join us for Christmas. That year we were going to box up our younger son's decorations, but didn't because he asked why we didn't want his ornaments on our tree anymore. Last year he wasn't with us at Christmas so we boxed them up. This year's tree has 45 less ornaments, and it's noticeable.
Since my mom is the oldest she felt she must also create hand crafted Christmas decorations. She soon discovered that she didn't have the dedication or patience of her sister. Over the years she made and sent a few.
These are some of hers
Here we find my aunt's and my mom's combined
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| Aunt's mouse, and mom's towel holding ring with tree boughs |
One year mom made bathroom decorations.
and that started our tradition of decorating the bathroom.
That resulted in the addition of this outhouse that has Santa calling for TP, and making very loud Santa farts. Folks visiting our bathroom at Christmas tend to linger in the bathroom a little longer than expected and their giggles can be heard from afar.
By now you might be starting to figure out that our family Christmas tradition is decorating a little Grizwold-like
When our boys were small we made decorations annually, and many still grace our tree.
Our older son made this for a school art project that was to use recycled items to create a Christmas decoration - he was about 10.
Over the years my aunt made some really adorable decorations (photos below. Apparently I am the only one who still has this one.
When I reminded her about this one she said "I forgot about that guy, not one of my best, I think I threw mine out". Mine has held oranges every year since I got it sometime in the late 80s. Family tradition says I keep them until they are so broken they can not be repaired.
Check out how cute the ornaments have been over the years - this is not all of them.
Keeping the family traditions alive!
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Love your loo Christmas decor!
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