Here it is already September. Christmas is going to be here before I know
it. Now that I live in Florida, it kind
of creeps up on me, because it doesn’t get cold here. I don’t have the leaves
falling from the trees and the frost on the ground. I often forget what season it is. It is
always summer here. Time has really
flown by lately; soon I will be getting my Christmas tree and ornaments out,
and decorating my home in the traditional Sheilacakes family décor. I love getting all the decorations out and
sharing stories with Noah about the Christmas tree
decorations we have collected over the years. I am a little picky about
where certain ornaments go, The Nutcracker and The Sugar Plum Fairy always have
to be together with The Nutcracker Storybook.
I also make sure that Raggedy Ann and Andy have to be together. My sister and I used to put our first
Christmas ornaments up on the very top so, I still do that.
Noah has some
ornaments that we got at the apple orchard for his first Christmas. They aren’t
as special as the frame ornament we have. It has a picture of me and him on his
first Christmas morning. He is even
wearing a little Santa hat. Some of them
are ones we made when I was Noah’s age.
We must store our ornaments well because they are still whole. They have
some cracks but what do expect for ornaments that are 25 years old? Every year we pick out a couple new
ornaments. I can’t wait to see what
Noah picks. I am willing to bet that they will be either Lego or Star Wars or a
combo. I think he has his eye on an R2-D2 ornament already. You can find really cool ornaments any time of the year if you know where to look. I have considered doing an ornament exchange
with my friends that live in my apartment complex. I have never participated in one before but,
know people who do it every year. I have received ornaments as gifts before,
and even though I am no longer in contact with them, I think of them when I
hang that particular ornament. It makes
me smile. I remember I received a beautiful butterfly ornament from my speech therapist
in elementary school. I had trouble saying the s sound. I would make the sh
sound. Thankfully that is no longer an
issue and that Noah didn’t inherit it from me.
I really want to organize a Christmas ornament swap. It would be so much fun, especially using
the internet to find unique ornaments from Lakeside
Collection. My question is do you
get all the same ornament or do you pick different ones for different people? I
think I would prefer to personalize it.
That way everyone knows that we took the time to think of them and didn’t
just run to the local store and grab ornaments to share. It’s easier to remember who you received it
from if there is a story behind it and if it’s neat.
