An Important Holiday Question...

Posed to me by, Ms. Hello Insomnia, Mona...whom not only makes me chuckle quite a bit (and snort various liquids through my nose depending on what I'm drinking at the time...and sometimes it stings) AND, since I don't have her direct email...I thought I'd answer the question directly here...cause' I know you're all dying to know...

What is your oldest ornament?

Well Mona, et. all...my mother and I had a small discussion where she giggled at my age (gotta' do that right? Even if you aren't drinking caffeinated coffee? I mean, as a child I asked her what it was like when she was little and there were dinosaurs? So, on some level, I was totally asking for it...OK, to be fair...I watched a lot of Flinstones, I had no idea...I mean, the cartoon was created when she was young...it's just a natural assumption a 5 year old would make...I do remember her getting miffed) Ahhh...well, I have my very first stocking, which is tiny tiny...and a star my father made for the top of our trees when I was little...out of little pine cones all wired together (no gold paint or glitter however) it gets unwrapped every year and I "ahhhhh" over it, but I stick with the sock monkey tree topper I have...

Oh, um...oldest ornament? Right. (because we're loosing daylight hours here aren't we? Master ADD storyteller at work here...)

Well...I have some awesome glitter ones...a little church and a little snowman, and a tiny pink tinsel star that I pilfered from my mother's collection from when she was a child...you, know...when no one was looking? My mother is really the one that has the great ornaments...she started collecting blown glass ornaments from the Victorian era when we were kids...so, when I think of really neat vintage ornaments, I think of the ones that graced our tree. Then again, my father also has some really amazing vintage ornaments that grace his totally cool vintage white feather tree (with a wind up musical stand...) Actually...my oldest ornament would have to be the glass bead garlands, which are actually not on my tree at the moment, I believe they are Victorian, and were culled from my mother's collection...they are really great...but, I opted to not put them on the tree this year. Kind of boring, huh? I like the ornaments from the 40's and 50's on up...

My oldest ornamentation would probably be battled out by either the Christmas Candles or the cardboard creche scene (that I don't have room to put out...and wouldn't that be a fight to see?) My grandmother had this little Creche put up always when I was little, and my mother kindly found this one for me...and said, "Here...this is the one GG always had up!" Which made me about 9 shades of happy, even though, it usually sits packed away in a box.




My weirdest ornament was an Incredible Hulk Hallmark thing that my EX picked out one year...it was just awful. We use to go to Hallmark every year to get one collectible ornament a piece to commemorate the season (now I take Rozzie for a special ornament instead) and I think that one some level he was just trying to pick out the tackiest one he could find, and piss me off...Then again, maybe not...I mean, I know we grew up with the Incredible Hulk TV show, but really? I'm just thankful that they didn't have The Creature From the Black Lagoon...But, I got rid of the hulk a few years back (after the divorce) So, my weirdest ornament, also picked out by my EX (one that made me roll my eyes at first, cross my arms and tap my toe right there in the store...but one that I'm super happy that I have now) is Samantha from Bewitched! Rozzie also eyes it every year...because she loves Bewitched as well, so it may just be passed down to her someday (oh the holiday legacies live on)

What is your oldest Holiday decoration/ornament?

*OR*

What is your most unusual Holiday decoration/ornament?

Things I am Thankful For:

The weird and creative Hallmark ornament designers who are busily working away to find unusual and totally non-holiday things in which to make an ornament...so that you will then, spend your hard earned money to adorn your home with weird plastic characters from TV shows of the past (because you're so nostalgic for a simpler time...like when someone pisses you off, you split your clothes turn green and whomp on their ass...Merry Christmas!!)

The person who decided it would be a good idea to make red and green storage bins, so that I know where all my weird plastic holiday goods are at, at all times...

PS...Blogger is not forwarding my comments to my email, so I am trying to play catch up with my responses...I am sorry if I haven't said HI to anyone in a while...is anyone else out there that's using Blogger having a problem with this??

*UPDATE*

Holy Monkey Trumpets! I just opened my email...I got ALL the comments...good grief...