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I grew up with a hodge podge tree with homemade ornaments and my parents gave us each an ornament every year. We each had a shoe box of our ornaments to hang up every year. I want to continue that tradition with my kids.
 
I have a crazy hodge podge tree. Growing up we had THE WORST Charlie Brown fake tree that my mom bought from Eaton's window display or something :rofl: It was missing branches and stuff. Actually, I just almost cried thinking about it sitting in the dump :rofl: That tree had a history! Anyways, I have like the coolest tree on earth :haha:

I have my old school Sesame Street decorations that fit over the lights, except they don't make the old school lights anymore, so I have to like balance them on a branch so they don't fall off the light :lol: I have Hello Kitty, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Peter Rabbit (like 3 or more of each of those) Helena has like 3 or 4 first Christmas ones. Elliot has one so far. I will buy each of us an ornament each year that has to do with the kid that year. Last year Helena got a Tinkerbell one because that was her obsession, this year she has the Timbit Snowman from Tim Hortons :lol: because she is addicted to "ONE chocolate timbit please" :) Oh and I also collect ornaments that have to do with coffee...because I love coffee :lol:
 
Hodge podge is a nice word for it haha
we had a downright tacky tree growing up!!! :haha:
 
I put mine up the other day, and I was happy to see Helena so excited to open up all the ornaments. I also am anal about keeping all the boxes and packaging for them :haha:

I forgot I also have Cabbage Patch ornaments, My Little Pony and tons of musical Rudolph ones :D

Gotta get some boy ornaments for poor Elliot haha
 
I can't find an online picture of my favorite ornament but it's a Frosty one :)

I was looking at ornaments online and found one of Gizmo from the Gremlin movie and for some reason thought of you Wendy :rofl:
 
I like doing white lights and silver garland etc... But we have alot of different actual decorations. I have some from when I was a kid, and some from family members etc that have passed away. Jasmine and Peyton have their first xmas ornaments.
 
Vickie, I HAD to get out of there!!!! If I had stayed home, I knew it would have gotten worse! :rofl:
Okay, any ideas how to make chiselling porridge off the ceiling any easier?

I'm thinking steam it... get it warm and moist and it should come off easier... hopefully you have a flat ceiling!

hmm on second thought scratch that... knowing the day you had you'll end up falling off a chair while holding a boiling kettle with the cord stretched out across the kitchen - of course you fell off the chair because someone walked into the cord! :haha: I can see it all now...
 
Our condo is so small so we only have a really tiny tree ha ha ha. I think my SIL got it on sale from Loblaws after Christmas one year, its pre-lit and was orginally like $90 and she got it for $10. :haha:

Its perfect for our little place though! :thumbup: Fave ornament? I think its my Las Vegas one that I got this year. Its pink and is a replica of the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign.


Growing up we always had a real tree. Like go deep in the bush and chop down your own type of christmas tree when I was really young, when we got older we would buy them from the guy who set up shop outside the A&P on Lakeshore Drive in North Bay (I think its now a Value Village?).
 
I don't want anyone to outbid me but live auctions are going on here:
https://www.facebook.com/GreenBabyAuctions

I've bought a few Christmas gifts from them so far
Some cute dresses!!

ETA: They end in 30 mins and she puts more on through out the night, at least thats what she did last time, and your bid INCLUDES shipping
 
that's awesome Sara! :happydance:

some nice stuff on that website Wendy! unfortunately no spending for me today :lol: I already spent a lot :blush:
 
I'm faaar too broke to bid on anything atm. :blush: We had a LOT of bills this month and I was really needing to work last night and tonight so I could get some spending money. However me being on death's door this past week has spoiled that plan, so woohoo.

My friend was like "I think you need antibiotics" and I was thinking how that's nice and all, but we don't have benefits and I don't think I have the extra money right now to get them. :haha: I'll be fine in a week or two... its the here and now that sucks friggin' buttholes. :haha:
 

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