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Sunday, December 6. 2020

Proof that your Maggie's Editor is a minor genius, of sorts

Our Christmas Tree is a museum of sentiment. Essentially no store-bought stuff except things we found on our travels that stick on a tree, and all of my small bird ornaments. We have our kids' rattles, things they made in kindergarten, things like that.  It's all personal.


The BD genius was to store them all in a living room bureau. 4 steps to take 'em out, 4 steps to throw them back in. No boxes, no wrapping ornaments, no fuss, almost no hassle. Bureau is a lovely 1500s hunk of wood.


If some old things break, it's ok. Nothing material lasts but Christmas lasts. We're planning a few small get-togethers, and we are signed up for Christmas Eve service (outdoors, I think).


When grandkids, will ask them each to pick one ornament to take home for their own tree. 

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 16:57 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Every family with an accumulation of Christmas keepsakes has some grain of genius. Mine was the result of my wife's desire to display her ever-expanding collection of glass ornaments. A standard-issue green tree wasn't doing the job, so I brainstormed an alternative with Dad. We settled on a bare, leafless "tree" made from a large California manzanita branch. I had to transport this marvel, so we cut it into re-connectible pieces. 20+ years later, I'm still re-assembling that tree every Thanksgiving weekend, loading it up with glorious ornaments, and taking it down every Epiphany, with not a stray needle in sight.
#1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2020-12-06 17:29 (Reply)
When my wife & I got in engaged in 1975, the next morning we bought a $2 cornhusk angel Christmas tree ornament. Each year thereafter, for 40 years, we bought one ornament to symbolize the most significant event of the year. As our children grew we began telling the stories of the ornaments to them as we put them on a special tree. The children can tell the stories of the ornaments, as can our grandchildren. When cancer took my wife, I continued the tradition, & my new wife & I continue it still. Children & grandchildren can tell stories of their heritage because of those ornaments.
#2 Emil Turner (Link) on 2020-12-06 18:02 (Reply)
These are great stories! I'd love to hear more.
#3 J on 2020-12-06 20:33 (Reply)
You sure have a nice looking house, Bird Dog.
#4 snopercod on 2020-12-07 17:08 (Reply)

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