Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Christmas Ornament Meme




How many angel ornaments do you have hanging on your tree? 1

How many star ornaments do you have? 2

Do you have a theme tree, and if so, what is it? Not really. Our tree is filled with ornaments from all over the world.

How many Santa ornaments? 7

How many ornaments were handmade by you or your children? 6

Are there any food ornaments on your tree? Yes. A German pickle and a snowman made from a s'more?

Are there any ornaments that betray your origins, i.e. where you're from? Yes. I have several New Hampshire Pewter ornies and, heaven help us, an Annalee Santa from back when they were made in New Hampshire.

What's the oldest ornament on your tree? This year, it's the painted sand dollar that DH and I bought in Florida in 1985.

What ornament do you have that is the least likely to be hanging on someone else's tree? Handmade in Kuwait ornaments of a man and a woman dressed in traditional garb.

And finally, do you have any new ornaments this year? A Democratic party donkey that I bought at the American History Museum last week.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Our tree, too, is decorated with ornaments from around the world. When we lived in Europe, we collected ornaments from the different places we visited. It was always fun looking for something that could be used as an ornament.