My family’s Christmas tree was decorated mostly with inexpensive
colored glass balls, lights, and strands of tinsel. My dad cut stars—large and
small—from sheet metal and we covered them with glitter and hung them.
The piece-de-resistance was the tree topper—an angel made by
my mother from a Barbie doll wrapped in angel hair with foil-covered wings! My
mother made these angels for all of us girls. Regrettably I no longer have mine—I
hope my sisters do.
Stringing popcorn and cranberries always seemed like a major
chore to me although I think we tried it when my son was young!
For several years, I cross-stitched Christmas tree ornaments
and gave them to friends and family as gifts. I know that my daughter-in-law
hangs her ornaments on their tree every year. These are two of the ornaments:
I also made this star which tops my little tree:
I have begun a tradition of giving my son, his wife and each
of my grandchildren an ornament each year based on their special interests. The
ornaments have included Homer Simpson and tiny six-packs of beer for my son,
cows for my daughter-in-law, dance and monkey ornaments for my granddaughter,
and football helmets for my grandson.
At right is one of the more unique ornaments I own—received as
a gift from a coworker!
© 2011 Denise Spurlock
The Barbie angel -- I would have loved to see that! What a hoot! Your cross-stitched ornaments are lovely.
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