My decorations, especially the ornaments for the tree, are a history of my whole life of Christmases. I still have some ornaments and other Christmas decorations from my childhood. Some things were my grandmother’s. Some were my parents’. Some remind me of my Dad in particular and others remind me of my mom. Some of them Mom made. My sister and I both still have our very first Christmas stockings that my mom handmade out of felt. Each one has a group of appliqués of various Christmas things and our names sewn on in beads. They are faded but still in good shape otherwise.
Everything else is a collection of ornaments with histories of relationships, what I was into and where I traveled during various phases of my life. I can point to many ornaments and tell you exactly what friend or family member gave them to me or what trip I got them on.
I wouldn’t trade my very personal hodgepodge style for a very matchy themed style for anything.
