Christmas Ornament Show & Tell 2011

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Last year I shared a few of our special ornaments from our Christmas tree and I’d love to share a few more with you this year ~ and also see and hear about some of yours.  Each year it’s becoming more fun to hang the ornaments on the tree as the kids remember the stories behind the ornaments that we pull out of our box.

This year we have a new ornament on our tree that we picked up somewhere south of Mexico on a little island we stopped on during the cruise that Rick and I took in January. The store that we bought it in was initially one we stopped in to get a respite from the pouring rain, but we were so excited to walk in and hear worship music playing so far from home.

The classic Pooh ornaments are truly some of my favorites. Rick and I bought a few when we were dating {right before we get engaged} and it reminds us of the trip we took to Colonial Williamsburg with friends that year. Much fun and laughter. :)

Each of our children also has a special ornament from the year that they were born. I wanted something unique for each of them and love the one that we found for McKenna ~ the baby s’more. Just makes me smile every time that I see it!

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Ready to share your ornaments and the stories behind them? Write a post on your blog and share pictures of your favorites ~ then link up below. Grab the button coding above to add to your post, so that others can join in the fun too. :)  The linky will be open until December 23rd, so start linking!

Please note: this is NOT a linky to share how-to crafts {although those are fun}. This is to share special memories from over the years that we retell every year or remember each year when we pull out all those ornaments to decorate our trees.

 

 

Christmas Ornament Show & Tell 2011 ~ Coming Soon!

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Last year I hosted the Christmas Ornament Show & Tell and it was so much fun visiting so many of your blogs and hearing the stories behind some of the special ornaments hanging on your trees.

Would you like to do tell a few more stories? I only share a few of our ornaments last year and would really love to hear more from you all as well!

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Write a post on your blog and share pictures of your favorites, and on Thursday, December  8th, I’ll be posting a linky where you can link up your posts and we can have fun telling a few stories. The linky will stay open until December 23rd, so you have plenty of time. :)

Go grab your camera, snap some shots and get ready to share! If you’d like to include the button above in your post when you link up, the coding is right below it. I can’t wait to read your posts!

 

A Few of Our Special Christmas Ornaments

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Every year I love taking out the ornaments to hang on our Christmas tree, especially as the kids ask where the ornaments are from and why we have them. The majority of our ornaments all have a fun story or reason behind them and they always bring back a flood of memories.

This past weekend we hauled our tree up from the basement. Yes, fake Christmas trees are the best trees and you can read about the Great Praying Mantis Tree Incident that spurned that choice}.

I love the ceramic ornaments that a friend in high school gave me to help me ‘grow’ my Christmas ornament collection. The same year she gave me this gingerbread man, she also gave me a teeny cow and star…hidden somewhere in my tree. We exchanged ornaments for years ~ so much fun to see them each year. :)

When I was in the 5th grade, I painted this sled ornament at school as part of a project and it’s been on my tree every year.

One of my favorite ornaments is a memory from a trip we took to Holland a little more than 9 years ago ~ tiny wooden shoes. It was the last time I saw my Oma, since she died Christmas Eve of that same year.

Last year my mom gave me a few that used to hang on our Christmas tree when we were growing up ~ tiny wooden angels on a delicate gold thread.

What special ornaments do you have hanging on your tree? Do you have special traditions when decorating your tree?

I would LOVE to see some of your ornaments and hear the stories behind them!! If you want to write a post on your blog and share pictures of your favorites, link up below. Feel free to grab a button to add to your post {coding can be found in my sidebar}. The linky will be open until December 18th, so start linking!

Christmas Ornament Show & Tell

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After putting up our Christmas tree this past weekend, I started reminiscing about where each of our ornaments came from and the reason they hang on our tree. Many of us have special ornaments hanging on our trees and traditions when decorating our trees.

I though it would be fun to have a Christmas Ornament Show & Tell where we can share a few of the special things that hang on our tree with each other.

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I would LOVE to see some of your ornaments and hear the stories behind them!! If you want to write a post on your blog and share pictures of your favorites, I’ll be posting a linky this Wednesday, December 8th where you can link up your posts and we can have fun telling a few stories. The linky will stay open until December 18th, so you have plenty of time. :)

Go grab your camera, snap some shots and get ready to share! If you’d like to include the button above in your post when you link up, the coding is right below it. I can’t wait to read your posts!