Merry Christmas!
Ho ho hope you are having a wonderful time over the holidays, making memories and loving one another. Perhaps you even added a new Christmas decoration on your tree? Because this is what we are talking about this week. Kelly suggested a list of 10 ORNAMENTS ON YOUR TREE AND STORIES BEHIND THEM. Isn’t that wonderful?
Last week was fun and you listed some pretty fancy music for us all. Thank you Rachée, Mrs RKFJ and Stephanie for suggesting a great topic.
You have been sending me many great ideas for future Listicles and next week it is Kate’s turn to choose. She twitted me three suggestions in one day so feel free to choose:
@northwestmommy #Mondaylisticles suggestions: 10 Things Totally 80s OR 10 Tweets
— AnotherBottleofWhine (@KateWhineHall) December 9, 2012
@northwestmommy Even though I’ve personally done it, I’d still love to see other’s 10 crushes for #Mondaylisticles #Fun
— AnotherBottleofWhine (@KateWhineHall) December 10, 2012
Have a lovely Christmas Eve my friends!
Make a list, check it twice, link it up. Read others. Have fun!
10 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ON OUR TREE
1. I bought our Christmas tree on a work trip to Kuala Lumpur. With it I picked up a few boxes of red baubles. They were the only ornaments as we celebrated our first Christmas as a couple in Bahrain.
2. Next year my husband’s aunt send us each a special ornament to represent what we love the most.
Pretty stiletto for me.
Wine for him.
3. Same year I picked up this one at JFK.
4. And this one I could not resist. We were already on a waiting list for Big M who was born in spring of next year.
5. After I returned from my vacation in NY I went to Nepal for work. I stopped at my favorite store in Katmandu to buy some presents for the family. As I was picking out pashminas the store owner asked me about my plans for next year. I told him we were hoping to start a family and he gave me this bell to make a wish. I got pregnant a few months later. This ornament is still one of my favorite presents ever.
6. My mother-in-law sends us ornaments every year. This one is my favorite.
7. This is my husband’s family tradition. One green pickle, send to us the year we got married to be hidden on the tree and found on Christmas day.
8. Our town. We got it the first year we moved here.
9. Little J’s buddy brought him this handmade ornament in South Africa last year.
10. Ornaments Little J made in the past few years:
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FYI – the link isn’t working for me.
Yup, link broken for me too…
ditto
Twitter: kelsey_bar
I love all your ornaments…so wonderful to hear the stories. The bell from Nepal is fantastic. What better wish to have come true. I can’t wait to read everyone else’s stories. Merry Christmas!
Kelly recently posted..My tree tells a story… (Monday Listicles)
Thank you so much for picking a wonderful topic Kelly. I am so sorry the post was not showing up after I published it tonight. I did not notice it
Twitter: copilotmom
What beautiful ornaments and stories, Stasha. Love the one of Big M.
Kim@Co-Pilot Mom recently posted..10 Ornaments From Our Tree
I LOVE all your ornaments and I love that your first couple tree was Malaysian
Merry Christmas!
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I love, love, love the memories that you shared. That is a real Christmas tree to me. Ellen
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Twitter: KateWhineHall
Gosh, the pics of your ornaments are gorgeous! I loved reading the stories behind your ornaments. Great listicle!
Kate Hall recently posted..THE Scariest Christmas Ornament
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Stasha, I love the stories attached to each of your ornaments. It’s such a fun thing when you collect ornaments and each year you look at them and remember. My mom has a pickle in her tree. We never heard of this tradition in Germany but learned about it here.
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I LOVE 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8. Oh heck, I love them all! Beautiful pictures. Enjoy your holidays, lovely friend! Huggsss
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These are wonderful ornaments and I love the stories behind them! Ornaments with meaning make me smile when I hang them each year.
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Beautiful photos as always with wonderful memories to match!
I leave the tree decorating to my husband (first mistake). He is a minimalist soooo needless to say I couldn’t find any of my favorites on the tree this year. *sigh*
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season to you and yours! D
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Beautiful photos of your ornaments! My favourite is the one made by the little man!
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Lovely ornaments, Stasha!
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I love reading about the travels and stories behind so many of those ornaments. Merry Merry Christmas Stasha and family!
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This was a great topic that I was so hoping to join. I’m sitting next to my tree, tracing the origins of every ornament and enjoying some peace and quiet. Happy we are both on the west coast and I can still wish you a Merry Christmas on time
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Love it when a tree is decorated with pretty baubles that have a story to tell. My own has ornaments I have been given us gifts, or purchased myself; ones I made when I was a child and ones I have made with my own children. And lots of Disney that I bought for the kids one year (kinda hoping that one is grown out of soon).
Since I am not at home, I couldn’t take pictures and do the list this week! kinda sad about that. The tree my mom did for the kids is sooo boring…..all the decorations were chocolate. so naturally, no picture of those either. haha.
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Oooo, I looooove your ornaments.
My fave. is from my boys. I have all of them since pre-school…
Such incredible memories. Xxx
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Love your ornaments! I don’t think we have 10 special ornaments on the tree…not yet
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Stunning photos…you are a brilliant photographer!
Mommy, for real. recently posted..Out With the Old Year, In With the New Year
Oh, this is a fabulous list prompt – so sorry I missed it! I may have to do it anyway when we take down our tree because it is just too much fun to pass up!
You have some very cool ornaments – love the wine moose and one from South Africa especially.
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Lovely ornaments! We have the pickle one, too.
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