I used to have shiny trees that were all decked out with strings and strings of electric lights, shiny balls, spirals, ribbons, everything! But after I found Waldorf/Steiner Education and Anthroposohy, all this faded away. Today my tree is much simpler and everything on it means something.
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| This ball was lovingly hand-painted by a dear friend, Joy, for the boys. |
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| It has their name, the year she gave it and some lovely boughs. |
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This catches the light beautifully. From my lovely friend,
Denise. 2 little baby balls and 1 mama ball. |
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| Some of them I made. |
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| This my child made. |
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| This little guy was made by Joy as well. |
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| Along with this little fellow. |
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| And this cutie is also by my son. |
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These are photo ornaments of my sons, from their first Christmas to the
present. On the left are handmade ornaments from friends and one ornament
that accompanied an I Can Serve Christmas card many years ago. |
These are some of the special ornaments we always have on our tree. Each one has a story behind it and is loved and cherished by us. On Christmas Eve I will put the final touches of 30 red roses and 3 white, and the 33 candles which will glow for me and my boys on Christmas morning. Our tree is a story of the life we continue to make together. What's yours like?
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I love it! My kind of tree. I do the same with ours, from our kid's very first baby socks and mittens(which I personally embroidered), even his teethers(haha), and all his little artworks from school are now hanging from it. I believe these are things money can't buy and definetly puts a deeper and better meaning on how a kid looks at Christmas.
Thanks for sharing, Panjee and a Blessed Christmas to you and your family.
All the best.
Lisa
i love your tree...so meaningful for you and your boys. love the photos of your boys.
Lisa, thank you, and I hope you had a Blessed Christmas. Your tree sounds so special!
Joy, that's thanks to you! Your handmade offerings are among those we treasure the most.
I'm not very craft-y but I do try to make a personal effort at creating things for the home. This year, in an attempt to make the holidays both economical and fun, I went through my son's toys in search of ideas for ornaments. It seems fitting for our household. :)
Hi Candice, it's a good way to repurpose the endless toys, too!
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