curiouswombat | Tree Ornaments

After talking yesterday about tree ornaments some people asked for some pictures. So here they are

Here is the tree with its coloured lights -

tree

And here is Archbishop Sentamu - who came from York, of course!

The meerkat in his Christmas jumper was a gift from D-d to her (meerkat-loving) father last year.

meerkat

This gold bauble was one of the ones we bought when we got the bigger tree, about 15 years ago -

This is a crystal thistle which came from

dougalsservant, in Scotland, of course.

thistle

This crystal chorister came from Hexham Abbey -

This crystal drop also came from

dougalsservant

crystal from D

When I shared my first flat with friends, many years ago, when I was 20, we had a tiny Christmas tree and I bought some cheap foil angels for it. Over the years they slowly fell apart, and about 5 or 6 years ago I found new ones in our local garden centre. So although this isn't one of the original ones, it always makes me think of them.

gold angel

kazzy_cee has some gold snowflakes like these too, if my memory serves me well.

And this is one of the first glass ornaments I ever had - it came from a shop called Legends, which no longer exists, and was bought because I thought D-d old enough not to break it and hurt herself.

old crystal drop

This small brass angel came from the Christmas Shop in York one summer.

And the large angel we used to have was so heavy she used to tip the top of the tree over - so she went to the even bigger tree in church, and this one was a treat to me, from me, at our garden centre.

angel for top

I think we have somewhere over 40 glass ornaments now, along with the gold and brass ones, and red and gold baubles. D-d and I greet them all as long lost friends as we unwrap them every year.

Oh - and a final picture - everyone should have a flashing santa pen to write their cards...

writing cards