Our Christmas tree was finally adorned with ornaments old and new. We do not do ‘designer’ Christmas here. We do a more traditional look, using old and new touches, vintage and modern. As you can see, the presents under the tree are a mish mosh of bags and boxes and wrapping paper. Not much matching going on.
The angel topper has been with us for many years and I’m sorry to say I’m not sure who made it for us and the first year it became our topper.
The ornaments on the tree have no overall theme. Some are from travels to Great Britain.
Beatrix Potter’s characters are represented.
The first Christmas ornament we were gifted as a wedding gift and some early family ornaments represent these special times in our history.
Josh and Dan’s sport photo ornaments have gone to live at their homes.
I’m not sure which one of our 3 kids created this walnut half ornament in Sunday School years ago.
This one above has been around for many of our 51 years of Christmases. The one below is newer but has still been around for years!
Our ‘Grands’ have a representation on the tree, too.
This was our very first Christmas tree at our apartment in West Los Angeles. That is our niece Jenna. We had only been married for 20 days. The fern next to our tree was from our wedding. We had two ferns at the altar for our wedding flowers. After finding these old photos it dawned on me that in our first month of marriage we had both sides of our family over to our apartment for a meal/gathering, including Greg’s paternal grandmother and my maternal grandmother!
This was our Christmas tree in the first home we purchased in 1975 and our second Christmas as a married couple.
Has your tree been adorned?
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Lovely decorations, looks like every ornament whispers a “remember when?”
Beautiful! ~ Rosie
…beautiful, our tree is up, but lacks adornment!!!
I love thinking about the ornaments and the people who gifted them to us. Thank you for sharing your memories and decorations. I especially love the manger scene with the bluebirds in the “rafters”!!!
It looks so beautiful! The decorations are all so lovely, each with its story 😍
There is a theme to your tree…..that of happy memories, How lovely it looks.
Hello Ellen,
Your tree and decorations are so pretty. Take care, have a wonderful day!
Your tree looks beautiful and I love your ornaments. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I enjoyed seeing all your ornaments, some treasures there 🙂
We are mismatched here too and I love it. The curated trees are beautiful but I treasure the memories and people associated with our ornaments. I hope to do a post Thursday but we’ll see. I saw your comment on my post and our ‘stocking stuffers’ rarely fit in the stockings either. They’re not ‘big’ gifts in terms of cost, but they’re not necessarily small in size either.
What a beautiful Christmas tree with wonderful ornaments.
We have our tree up but it is just a little one on a table. It is just decorated with lots of lights and tinsel.
Beautiful and meaningful adornments! Love your tree!
Your tree looks beautiful! I like sentimental ornaments full of memories.
I love your tree! Thank you for the memories you share! Merry Christmas my friend!