I thought I had 500+ but nope.
I counted them.
For the first time ever, in all of my years of putting up and taking down a Christmas tree, I laid out all of the ornaments so that I could take a photo of them and counted them.
There were 370+ (I didn't count the few broken ones left in the box or the ones on Sarah's tree).
It's a 39-year collection thus far. I want to have at least 500, so I'll need to keep buying.
The 370 fill every outer branch of the tree, but there's still the inner branches. I like a full tree like that!
Goodbye sweet tokens of remembrance... until this next Christmas, which will be here so much sooner than we can even imagine!
This is one of my favorite groups of ornaments - they're special to me because I bought them with my own money when I was around Sarah's age. Cheap ornaments even then, from Frank's Nursery & Crafts. But I love them just the same. They are a reminder of my simple beginnings.
I really like old-world, mercury-glass ornaments from Germany and Poland and have picked up old collections over the years online. Every year my Mom will look at the tree and comment about the Santa ball ornaments because they look similar to some ornaments that she and Dad purchased when they were first married. No Mom - these are not your ornaments. I bought them on eBay.
Jim has bought me many ornaments over the years - I love anything that looks old and vintage, using old fashioned tinsel. 
More moons...
The growing owl collection of course.
This Wizard Santa is another ornament that makes me smile. I bought this at a flower/gift shop on a hill near the train station where I took the train to work in Chicago each day in my twenties. My taste in ornaments runs like my taste in clothes and jewelry - they must be unusual and not ordinary.
3 comments:
As someone who loves and cherishes our own collection of Christmas ornaments, I so enjoyed seeing and learning about yours! The season, as it always seems to, sped by ever-quickly this year..no matter how I endeavor to slow the time, before we know it, it's over. Thanks for giving us one last look before we throw ourselves into 2012.
Love to you!
N.
I have my own collection though it's not nearly that large. I have a set of wooden cats and alligators. I know strange, but I love them, and we always have snowflakes.
My aunt started me on another collection it's glass and from old world and they are all totally random. I add 4-10 ornaments to it each year dependant on what I find.
Good luck with your collection.
That is a whole lot of ornaments. It's great to see ones from when you were in grade school. I keep all of E & B's and hopefully, I'll give them to them one day. Great collection!
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