Please post your favorite Christmas ornament(s). I have a few this year, I'll be getting two new Old World Christmas ornaments in the mail soon so I'll probably change my mind!

This one is rather large, the picture doesn't do it justice.

Taken at a weird angle because of picture of myself kept showing up on the bulb. lol. This is my dh's fave, it's so retro/vintage.

This is beautiful at night.

Last but not least, my friend sent this to me last week!

Your ornaments are darling. I didn't take pics of my tree because we didn't put much on it this year (new cat).

The types I collect are bells (mostly red) and glass icicles. I've added some pretty red swirled icicles in the last few years. They are the base and then I fill in with different vintage ornaments, pine cones, and ribbons.

I used to love to add the bunching tinsel but will have to do without, from now on (cat again).

I'd love to see the icicles. I tried hanging them once but I can't get them straight.

This year I went with a Pottery Barn silver and glass type tree - lots of big beveled glass glitter snowflakes and sparkly glass and white lights of different shapes and sizes...love it for a change.

Received our first Christmas married, from a dear friend.

tina

And this one is one of the tinsel and scrap vintage ornaments I've collected for several years:

tina

PS - Disregard the date - obviously it's wrong on my camera! LOL

tina

My MOST favorite, my 6 month old grandson.

Another favorite.

And this is my daughter's favorite "special ornament":

There are two reds and a green ball in this photo

A gold is also in the bottom left of this photo

Santa hat and stocking (not in this pic), sweater

Skate with paper clip blade

And if I'm allowed to pick another one (actually several), the stars that DS painted (not evenly covered - see ones in the first pic!) when he was a preschooler - we gave one to each aunt/uncle and grandparent, kept the rest for ourselves. I'll have to look at my mom's for the date since I didn't date the ones we kept (but will rectify that this year!)

The Christmas frogs are my absolute favorites, they are glass and kind of delicate. The white ornament is also glass, I bought lime green and red of these too. The candies are glass and I have an assortment of candies on the tree. I'm in love with the big lime green sequins balls. I have a thing for polkas dots, so the red and white polka dot ones are among my favs also. I bought both red and lime green of the big textured balls, they have a velvet pattern on them and bring in a nice look.

ajsmama - I agree about the best being sentimental. :)

BTW - You may want to move the knitted stocking away from the tree bulb. That's a fire hazard waiting to happen!

Here's my snarky girls in their Christmas pic. Notice the younger one is on her tip toes. She's almost as tall as her big sis but not quite. She's 12! and my older daughter is 16.

The corn husk doll was a 25 cent yard sale find years ago. The kitties in the shoe was a gift. I love that they have their own storage box that's almost as neat as the ornament.

I've collected ornaments since I was young. Every ornament on my tree means something to me. I can remember where I was when I purchased it. Many of the ornaments were made when the kids were young. Each year we did different crafts. They are on there too. So my tree is always a hodge podge of ornaments, and I wouldn't have it anyother way. The icicles were our mother's and they even have a special meaning to us. My daughter picked out the star when she was 7. She's 39 now. I still love the star.

WOW dabunch...too cute!

Now they're just sort of expensive.

Susie, what beautiful ornaments and something from you mom too. I have two snowflakes, both given to me from friends I shall always cherish.

I have 3 miniature donkeys, so donkey ornaments (hard to find), are a favorite.

I collect Santas ...

three silly ones ...

A Santa I bought many years ago from the Spiegel catalog

Another donkey

Handmade by my neighbor .. "Holy Cow"

A little wooden present

Santa made from a lightbulb, made by a friend

Bought while I was in England ...

Tree topper I bought at the Smithsonian, many years ago.

Every ornie that isn't a standard round glass or plastic ball-style, has a memory attached to it or represents someone in my family ie; Woodworker Santa= Mr.Amity because he loves working with wood.

I was able to save one of my Grandpa's ornies...even though it had a few tiny chew marks in it, I just had to clean it and put it on the tree.

My daughter painted this when she was six years old. She's now 34.

Me and the kids made these back in the late 70's using a kit and the oven to melt the 'glass'.

Made by Grandma in late 60's. I've never had to re-stiffen it. I had several. Unfortunately this one is the only one that survived the Rodent Rage.

Painted by Son back in the late 70's.

Woodworker Santa;