My Tree of Memories

I went out and bought a new little 4 ft tree yesterday - I wanted one for my old ornaments that are mostly Mom and Dad's and also some that belonged to my grandmother - along with some goodies that I've found lately.  I couldn't get a regular green tree - so I came home with this tinsel tree, I wasn't sure of it but it looks pretty nice!

I can feel my eyes welling up just writing about this because I am the only one that has the memories of putting these ornaments on the tree - first I would go across the road to my grandmother and help over there then we put up our tree.  We took out the magnifying glass out to inspect some old Christmas pictures - I can see some of these ornaments - I remember putting them on the tree every year.   My grandparents passed away a while ago, my father four years ago, my mother is locked in a sad state of dementia and I have no brothers or sisters, but I am thankful every day for a  wonderful husband and two great kids!!!!

Old ornaments are such fun - hope you like looking at the pictures...  I used my slightly creepy angel that I found this week for the topper.  And, I used my Mickey Mouse lights that I found at Value Village - they look pretty nice on the tree!  You might notice the silver bells, I remember Dad making those out of egg cartons and he also did the walnut shells - we always had to crack the walnuts carefully, so they'd be good for an ornament!  You can always click on the picture for a closer look..

And here's a picture of me at age 3 - standing beside the tree - which looked pretty sparse - lots of tinsel and icicles but not a whole lot of ornaments.  I guess that's just the way it was back then, all trees looked the same....

I'm linking up with My Place and Yours: The Christmas Party - hosted by Vic - I love all things Christmas, don't you???  And, of course - Vintage Thingy Thursday is a great blog to check out every week.  Now I better think about getting our big tree up and decorated - that'll be for another day....