I barely make it through an entire day without crossing paths with someone who asked me if I am ready for Christmas. It is a little early to be “ready”, I think. If they don’t ask me if I am ready, they ask me if I can believe that it is less than a month away.
Just the tree & lights – no ornaments.
With that in mind, I am not going to ask you if you are ready or if you can believe it is less than a month away. Instead I am going to share a little before, during and after of decorating our Christmas tree. No open bins and boxes in these photos. I see enough of them before so I can happily crop them out.
All the glass ball ornaments added – backwards from my usual plan.
What I enjoy about decorating the tree is probably what many of you enjoy – pulling out ornaments that bring back memories of family and friends and good times. So many of those I am close to, and even a few acquaintances, have generously helped me decorate through the years by giving us ornaments. We can’t help but smile when we think of them. While our tree isn’t a masterpiece, hence the No Van Gogh title to this post, it suits us fine. Some of our most peaceful times are spent by the light of the Christmas tree in the evenings.
Here it is with some more decorations – a mishmash of ornaments through the years.
The star that tops our tree is from my childhood. It was always ‘the’ star that went on top of the tree. I have tried other tree toppers over the years, but this remains my favorite. In these photos you can’t really see many of the individual ornaments so I might post close ups of a few of them eventually.
Finished at last – with special memories of family & friends.
These two photos show the before and after side by side.
As always, to the best blog readers around, thanks so much for reading!
How pretty! Hope to share mine . . . soon. lol
ReplyDeleteHi Linda,
DeleteI will have to come and visit! I love looking at people's Christmas trees!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
~ginger
beautiful tree!
ReplyDeleteHi Doris,
DeleteThank you! :)
~ginger
It is a beautiful tree Ginger!
ReplyDeleteHi Lynda,
DeleteThank you so much! I'm happy to share!
~ginger
Oh Miss Ginger, your tree is bee-u-tee-ful. And yes, it is a work of art - your art- memories, treasures from the past, and the star from your childhood. Yes - a true work of art.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Prudence ♥
Hi Prudence,
DeleteAren't you one sweet little bear?! Thank you for your kind and generous comments.
hugs,
~ginger
Love your Christmas tree blog so much. My tree is a memory tree, All the people who gave me things through the years and children's decorations they have made. Plus special ones that were my mothers.
ReplyDeleteWonderful.
hugs
Hi Kays Kids,
DeleteThank you! I like the term memory tree because that's what they become after a while isn't it? I agree with you completely!
~ginger
Oh dear, you just started the moans and gumps and groans from the furry members of the household about a lack of tree... Yours looks great though!
ReplyDeleteHi Katy,
DeleteOh my! You can tell your clan that bears make the best decorations and maybe they'll start the process on their own - just like cobbler's elves!
Happy Times!
~ginger
Ginger,
ReplyDeleteI think your tree is beautiful. It reminds me so much of ours. It developed over my childhood and then into my adult life until I was in my late 30's when my mother died. I got an ornament every year from her. our tree is so full now it can't hold another ornament. It takes a long time to decorate it as I tell my husband the stories behind the ornaments, even though he has heard then over thirty times each.
Hi Terri sue,
DeleteThank you so much! I'm glad to know I have good company in this area of decorating. Sometimes with all the ornaments through the years it might look a little over the top but I love including all the memories from all the times and friends and family! If your husband wants to hear some new stories send him my way and I'll tell him ours! :D
~ginger