For those of you who doubted--here it is. The tree is up. Some of my friends think I am a little
scroogy about putting up the Christmas tree, and that I wait too long to get it in place. I think I even heard a discussion about someone coming to check and see if it was up and there were threats of a tree intervention, but today December 20
th, it is ready. Now before some of you look at this picture and say, "Did they let the two year old do that?" Let me explain, we know that Martha Stewart would not approve of this tree, nothing matches and some might say it has crossed the line into tacky, but the tree tells a story, its full of things from the past. Things little girls once crafted and placed on the tree with pride. The little girls are grown and they have trees of their own but pieces of their childhood will always decorate mine. So let me give you the tour:

The Tree

In case you could not tell, this is baby Jesus made by a three year old at Sunday School. He has had a special place on our tree every year since!

This bear says DAD--he is a little roughed up, but don't he look just like Peanut?

Who doesn't have a glitter covered pine cone to adorn their tree. It must have super glue holding the glitter because it has lasted for a long time.

No tree would be complete without a star on the top, this one may be made from cardboard, but isn't it absolutely gorgeous?

We have some pictures from Christmas Past

And this lovely plastic ornament is all that is left from a tree 34 Christmases ago when a young couple could only afford a cedar tree they cut from the woods and some red glass balls and plastic ornaments from Big K.(Those of you old enough to remember this was the store that came to
Cookeville and eventually became
Walmart.)
Now What's On Your Tree?
4 comments:
I love your tree and mine has a array of ornaments as well. I will try to post pics later. Forget Martha Stewart!!! I love ornaments made by the kiddos!
Ms. Delilah, this tree makes me cry, its just like mine, the ornaments made by my little boys are the ones that always go on first as well. And I cry putting them on every year...I have lots made by my Granny Kat, that are very special as well. She passed away last Nov. I can still see her with a ball of red and green yarn in her lap crocheting door knob covers. lol. Have a Very Merry Christmas.
On my tree are pictures that Austin has tore out of a coloring book, colored them, and then put a hook on it to hang. They have their own tree but they have to help with the big one also. And Big K was a good store to shop in, I do remember it and where it was located at.
and now we can start collecting some made by our grandkids!
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