It has begun! Christmas decorations.

[Patchouli]

There are more that aren’t ornaments. But here’s a couple more. These were all styled and painted by my mom.

I think there were a couple other designs that my siblings have.

 

[Supervisor42]

Just a few. The tree isn't finished yet, will show that later.
Tabletops:

...And the Big Guy:

 

[Patchouli]

This is a ceramic bird, cardinal? that has a clip on the underside to clip it to a branch. From my mom’s 1950’s collection. And a robin.

 

[dademoss]

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This is a ceramic bird, cardinal? that has a clip on the underside to clip it to a branch. From my mom’s 1950’s collection. And a robin.
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Much nicer than ones I had, the cats decided they were toys. All our ornaments are plastic now

 

[Supervisor42]

Just a couple more.
Another Angel:

Finished the tree!
Can you guess the color for this year?

 

[Patchouli]

@Supervisor42 is that a Santa sitting there in shorts in a chair in your tree?

 

[Supervisor42]

@Supervisor42 is that a Santa sitting there in shorts in a chair in your tree?

Good eye!!
Yep he's a Saints fan, doncha know!

 

[Pearl]

Good eye!!
Yep he's a Saints fan, doncha know!
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@Patchouli , that was a good eye!!

 

[Supervisor42]

@Patchouli , that was a good eye!!

...There are also other 'hidden nuggets' in it... like my 'Real Name'

.

 

[Pearl]

...There are also other 'hidden nuggets' in it... like my 'Real Name'

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No hidden donkeys??

 

[sonya123]

Oh yeah STRESSMAS, great a made up event to make people waste time and energy, oh yeah and cause further seperation, forgot the part where parents are supposed to lie to their kids, never mind that is standard modern society. Eating turkey and ham is cool though

We celebrate Yule, I plan on putting some sort of greens in the house on the 21st. Got a $5 tree at Kroger last year but they dont have any this year. So we might just put a potted cedar in the house
No stress LOL
I never lied to my kids about it either

 

[snappy1]

This is what I am able to do with the cat issues.

 

[Supervisor42]

No hidden donkeys??

Nope... But we got a Christmas turtle.
Do we need a picture of it?

 

[Pearl]

Nope... But we got a Christmas turtle.
Do we need a picture of it?

OF COURSE!!

 

[Supervisor42]

OF COURSE!!

I had to move it because it had gone to the 'dark side'.
Now he is pooping on Snowman.

...When you vacation in the Caribbean at Christmas, that's what you find.

 

[Patchouli]

@Pearl this is a metal cookie tin my mom painted, probably 1980s.

 

[Pearl]

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@Pearl this is a metal cookie tin my mom painted, probably 1980s.

Thank you for posting that!! I miss MY MOM, when I see stuff like this I feel something in my heart!! That is beyond awesome!!

 

[Pearl]

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@Pearl this is a metal cookie tin my mom painted, probably 1980s.

I took a screenshot, there is something about that picture

 

[Weedygarden]

Does anyone have a pickle ornament on their tree? I have one of those fragile glass pickles that we hang on the tree in those years when we put it up. We keep a jar of pickles under the tree for the first person who sees it and mentions it. We don't wait for Christmas morning for the jar of pickles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pickle#:~:text=Description,a year of good fortune.

This tradition is commonly believed by Americans to come from Germany and be referred to as a Weihnachtsgurke (German for "Christmas pickle"),[6][7] but this is probably apocryphal.[8][6][1] It has been suggested that the origin of the Christmas pickle may have been developed in the 1890s to coincide with the importation of glass Christmas tree decorations from Germany. Woolworths was the first company to import these types of decorations into the United States in 1890,[6] and glass blown decorative vegetables were imported from France from 1892 onwards.[9] Despite the evidence showing that the tradition did not originate in Germany, the concept of Christmas pickles has since been imported from the United States and they are now on sale in the country traditionally associated with it.[6]

 

[Amish Heart]

Yes! We have a pickle on the tree. It goes on last. Husband put it on this year.

 

[Patchouli]

I saw a bunch of pickle ornaments in a store recently but we do not have one, never have.
This is always a cool idea, my sister did or does have a pickle for her tree. I don't think she puts a tree up anymore.

 

[Patchouli]

Thank you for posting that!! I miss MY MOM, when I see stuff like this I feel something in my heart!! That is beyond awesome!!

I'm glad you like it!! She painted so many things, some she gave to her friends, some my other siblings have. When someone she knew got married she would paint a clock for them. Always beautiful. As far as I know, everyone she did that for still has their clock hanging on their wall (30+ years later). Even my little 6 yr. old granddaughter loves it. There is a cute little Santa that another relative gave to my son that Mom had painted and granddaughter adopted it and keeps it on her bookshelf all the time. I have one just like it but haven't come across it yet in my Christmas wrappings.

 

[Snowman]

Christmas pickle​

The Christmas pickle is an American Christmas tradition. A decoration in the shape of a pickle is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a reward or good fortune for the next year. There are a number of different origin stories attributed to the tradition, including one originating in Germany.

Tradition has it that the a pickle Christmas tree ornament is hidden on the Christmas tree. Come Christmas Day, the first person to find the pickle ornament hanging delicately on a branch of the Christmas tree gets rewarded. They might get to open the first present, or they get an extra present. But who started this tradition, where did it start, and when did it start? What do the Christmas ornaments look like?

https://www.jacobschristmas.com/christmas-pickle-tradition/

 

[Patchouli]

@Pearl here’s another Santa my mom created. He has cinnamon sticks bundle tied to his back.

 

[Patchouli]

And tall Santa

 

[Snowman]

I had to move it because it had gone to the 'dark side'.
Now he is pooping on Snowman.
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...When you vacation in the Caribbean at Christmas, that's what you find.