Growing up, I was fascinated by one tarnished old blue ornament that was always placed with due ceremony deep in the center of the tree, where it was as safe as could be from accident. It was from my grandparents’ first Christmas, which dates it back to 1912 or so. My dad gave it to me years later with the understanding that it would eventually be passed down to my oldest daughter. When we took out the Christmas paraphernalia last year, though, I was horrified to find the carefully packed ornament shattered! It was no doubt the work of malicious Christmas elves who, bored with their year-long internment in the ornament box, broke it during a night of drunken revelry. I was crestfallen, until a work friend suggested I go to a craft store and get an empty plastic ornament and put the pieces inside. Which I did, and retrieved the broken pieces from the trash, and the ornament, over a century old, hangs today in our tree and will end up with my daughter one of these days.

 

Every culture, religion, nation and ethnicity has its holidays, whether spiritual or secular, seasons of joy, thankfulness and redemption, when we gather together to celebrate and enjoy the fellowship of our families and friends. So I’m happy to be able to share a bit of mine, and I wish for good health, peace, prosperity and happiness for all in our BBT family.

Edited December 23, 201410 yr by Dr. Pepper

How wonderful, I bet your daughter will appreciate this. I have a hard cardboard little house, painted green with little shutters that my grandfather made maybe 70 or more years ago. You put an electric candle inside and when its lit up, you can swear that the elves are in there (when I was 5-6 years old, I was completely convinced of that). I hope that one of my two kids will want this little house someday as its just not Christmas for us until that house is lit up. Blessings all!

Two quite wonderful stories.

 

A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all on PathLabTalk.

Thanks for sharing, Dr. Pepper & Karrieb61.  Beautiful memories.

 

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

 

Donna

I have a paper mache Santa living with me that has celebrated almost 100 Christmases in 3 family households - I treasure him and the memories he brings with him.

 

Merry Christmas to all! and a wonderful New Year!

Merry Christmas to all!

 

Wishing everyone a very prosperous wonderful New Year.

Mine is a small, plastic Nativity that has been in my family as long as I can remember.  I have fixed it over time and even "re-glittered" it once and the original box is still hanging in there too.  It goes up somewhere each year, helping me still feel close to my parents.

 

Merry Christmas everyone and may you all have a healthy and prosperous New Year.

Blue is my favorite color.  WHen I was young, I adored ther large blue glass globe that hung on our tree.  When I graduated from school and moved in my own home, my parents gave that ornament to me for my first Christmas tree.  It reminds me of the greatest gift of all.

We enjoy a small ceramic tree with embedded lights made by my grandmother.  This tree will pass through the generations unless Phil's elves pay us a visit.

 

Merry Christmas and hopefully a less interesting new year. 

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all our PAthlab friends.

May the year 2015 usher in peace, love and goodwill all over the world.

God Bless!

We enjoy a small ceramic tree with embedded lights made by my grandmother.  This tree will pass through the generations unless Phil's elves pay us a visit.

 

Merry Christmas and hopefully a less interesting new year. 

Should they visit you, John, be careful. They play hard. If you look closely at the elf you'll see he's already had surgery on his hip and ankle.

I LOVE that idea of the plastic ornament.  I just received many "old" ornaments from my parents/grandparents attached with many memories.  I would be devastated to think they could be gone forever.  What a wonderful way to save those special things!