(Originally posted on December 9, 2017.)

My husband and I typically buy or make a new Christmas ornament each year. We try to find something that represents our year. (This year we bought a bear/Alaska ornament.) One year we did a trowel (the year we did a fair amount of gardening), another we found a small gingerbread house (we had just made what seemed like dozens of gingerbread houses for gifts).

You can also find ornaments that represent a move to a new house, a new baby, or a vacation spot. One of my favorite traditions is to create a “we remember you” ornament for those loved ones who are now gone. (Harvard Homemaker: 17 Ways Your Ornaments Can Bring Meaning to Your Tree).

Another fun tradition is to collect an ornament every year for each of your children (or grandchildren) and by the time they are grown they have a collection of ornaments of their own. It’s something nice to carry into adult life.

Collecting ornaments is a fairly easy, inexpensive activity and it has the added benefit of many sweet memories. You could even make a yearly date with your sweetie to find an ornament that represents your year.

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. Larry Wilde

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