Fun Monday #45- A Christmas Tree Ornament
Katabug is hosting today's Fun Monday. She's being very seasonable with her choice of topics. I look forward to some wonderful posts today.The rules were: In the spirit of the season I would like to see your favorite Christmas tree ornament. Not to be confused with the WHOLE tree. I want you to zoom in and show me one or a few(you know I can't choose just one!) of your favorite ornaments. If you don't decorate a tree, show me your menorah or dreidel, Kinara, or Yule Log. I want to see your favorite decoration for this holiday season.
When I was a little girl (in the 50's) my favorite Christmas Tree ornament was a blown glass raspberry. My mom had a special attachment to it. Every year she packed it away with much care and concern.
When she died 14 years ago, my eldest brother claimed it and keeps it wrapped securely with his Christmas decorations. (They were still in storage at his house in North Central California and I was unable to get a picture of it in time for this post.)
This picture was downloaded from Elizabethan Christmas. There are many more blown glass unique and exquisite Christmas ornaments on the website. The raspberry
in this picture is of similar quality to Mom's, but with leaves. After speaking with siblings today, I still don't know the origin of mom's glass ornament. A sister remembers a blown glass pineapple that once dangled from the home grown fir tree that the two eldest brothers cut down in the "woods." A brother remembered a golden ornament that could have been the pineapple, or maybe an orange or an apple. It must have broken as any others were that may have one time completed the set. The raspberry is very fragile.I don't know why I never asked mom how she came to own them. There never was much money for luxuries and dad opposed spending it on Christmas. I think he may have been one of the original Bah Hum Buggers.
In my growing years, the little glass raspberry was a special tradition in our simple and frugal holiday celebration.
(Having discovered the web site linked above, I may just decide to do some shopping. Did I mention that I already have a glass pickle ornament?)
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Have a Fun Monday!!!!
Comments
Hey did you know that they couldn't give those bastards away until some bright spark came up with the idea to change their name from Chinese gooseberries?
The comment you left on my post made me laugh!
we have a bunch of glass birds and houses and fruit that we got as wedding presents. (and, of course, a leering mutant monkey head.)
they're terrific.
It would be interesting to know how your mom came upon her fruit ornaments.
But in the meantime, don't you think you'd enjoy something special? It won't be your mom's, of course, but it would give you reason to remember :).
Even though I don't have any of this kind of ornament, I think they're beautiful!
Robin @ PENSIEVE
nikki
BTW Thanks for the ecard. You put the P in Happy. I needed a chuckle. :D
Dreaming What Ifs...
Your mom's raspberry one, sounds very beautiful.
Christine@AreWeThereYetMom
This is a great post. Will your brother ever part with the rasberry?????
a pickle? how COOL! we LOVE LOVE pickles around here. I may need to check them out online too.
My favorite ornament is a stoneware horse that was fashioned after Scooter when I was about 19 yo. He was a youngster back then! Ilove seeing it over the Holidays, he and I were a horse and rider to be reckoned with in our younger days....
Each ornament has a memory. Oh! Mom and Dad gave me this when I was twelve and we first moved to Texas. Or, I wonder what happened to that roommate. She gave me this one, you know.
lovely story, tho, pamela!
I scrolled down and am going to have to let dinner cook by itself. I have to read the rest of your Gram stories. I am in tears, they are WONDERFUL!
In answer to your Q on my blog I'm not sure about the other monuments but the White House issues a different ornament each year, mine is 2002 as I didn't like this years!
Thanks for stopping by!!! this has been so much fun!!!
Hugs,
Sue
Kailani
An Island Life
It's been a hectic week for me, so I'm late getting around to visiting, but I just had to drop by to see your ornaments.
Hey, I'm Linking for Dollars again this year for St. Jude. I'd love it if you could join up!