Christmas Ornaments

Each holiday season, my mom goes to Hallmark and picks out an ornament for each kid. This Christmas, I hung my 27th ornament on our tree — and among the lot — I’ve got a few favorites. The more I thought it over, each of my favorite ornaments has a memory behind it… maybe this is why the stand out among the rest?

Horton 

As a child, Horton Hatches the Egg was one of my most favorite books. My mom used to repeat one of Horton’s lines to me over and over again: “I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred precent.” I didn’t understand what this meant at the time, but over the years, it started to click.

Unicorn 

I didn’t know it at the time, but we didn’t have extra money that year; my mom hated that we weren’t going to have new ornaments for the tree. She found a set of these unicorns for my sister and I at an after Christmas sale and bought them immediately. Seeing my unicorn on the tree every year reminds me of how blessed I am to have amazing parents who think of their children before themselves.

Owl

My first Thanksgiving away from home, I spent it in Germany visiting a good friend from college. I found this lovely Christmas shop while traveling through Frankfurt and found this beautiful owl. It was my first holiday away from home and my first international trip by myself. This owl sort of a marks my journey into adulthood.

Moose

In kindergarten, my class had a tree and we each brought in an ornament for it. This is the first Christmas ornament I remember and reminds me of childhood.

Happy holidays everyone! I hope you all spend it somewhere that makes you feel loved, appreciated and happy.

 

 

 

 

 

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