Know what this is?
How about now?
I know. This will help.
How about this?
If you’re thinking it’s a glove, you’d be only half right. It’s also an . . .
Are you ready for it?
ornament!
I finally decorated my 2nd tree last night. And, yes, I add the gloves every year. It started once when we bought some antique ornaments in Eureka Springs. I put them on the big tree in our living room, but it looked a little bare. I didn’t want to put new ornaments on it, so I added Grandmother’s old gloves.
I love the way they look, dangling there. And since I have some of Grandmother’s ornaments on the tree
such as the sputnik at the bottom of this picture
and this satellite, I figure they belong there. Their shapes tell you their birthdates–the fifties.
Here are a few more of my favorite old ornaments–
Mama had an ornament like this when I was a kid. My secret tradition was for me to put it on the tree.
My Joanie ornament.
The year Joanie and I lived together, we had a tiny cedar Christmas tree that Dad cut for us. This ornament is like the ones we had on that tree.
And this is just a cool old ornament.
All my old ornaments aren’t family hand-me-downs; some are just pretty. Or interesting. So if you see some orphaned ones on the loose somewhere, let me know. I’ll give them a good home!
This is under my Grandmother tree.
It’s a tree skirt.
Mom and I were at market in Dallas, and she had me order this one for Grandmother and one with a red background for her house. (I think Brother Jeffrey has the red one under his tree.)
The back of it is Christmas red, and in one corner it says, “1991; To Ruby from Carol and Mary Sue. Happy Mother’s Day.”
Check out last year’s post, THE GRANDMOTHER TREE. 🙂
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December 19, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Your tree is adorable with all the memories hanging on it!
Dana made a gorgeous wreath for me a few years ago with pictures of family from the 40s & 50s on it ~ even has fancy brown ribbon on it ~ Mother loved brown & yellow ~ too cool!
December 20, 2011 at 12:03 am
What a sweet daughter! Had you told her about your mother’s love for those colors or was it in her DNA?
December 20, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Think she just somehow knew, because of the stories we had shared. She definitely has Mom’s DNA as she is a “get it done” type of person.
December 20, 2011 at 2:49 am
Wow that post left me feeling a bit curious about what I was looking at. That is a great idea though, adding items of symbolic value with memories on it would make christmas so much more meaningful. Thanks for the idea.
December 20, 2011 at 12:24 pm
If you’re saying I’m weird, you’re right. LOL. For me, decorating with Grandmother’s gloves keeps her close although she’s been gone for twenty years.
Thanks for coming by!