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Well I'm making this year My year to do this! For the past 6 generations my GGGrt Grandparents on my mother's side started making Christmas wreaths. The Christmas following retirement they put ALL collected ornaments (handmade from their children and their children and so on...) together (MOST HAVE DATES AND NAMES going as far back as 1846 but only a few of those left) in a large box and sort out who gets what, keeping only their fondest memory of any particular ornament but on each ornament they keep is a ribbon tied on w/ a name for who gets it next. they then make a large wreath to hang over the mantle(or whereever) for each christmas there after so they don't have to fuss with the tree going up and coming down at their age. This has always been a topic of conversation at Christmas.. Last year I was passed a lot of ornaments as well as my own I've collected with my daughters going up ;thing their grandmother made them like crocheted mittens with their names on and yr(3"ones) with a long string of yarn for hanging my mother crocheted them something different 0 to 8 years old then started making things out of bead and bangles (Still with names and dates) untill age 13 so now I have 26 granmother made as well as what was passed down as well as things they made in school and things we made together! SOOO This year I'm sending off many of the items they made, grandmother made, and a few passed down as part of their gift.. I'm keeping particulars that will in time go to them but for now am making my wreath.. TImes are changing!!! 1 Daughter is 3 states away I Haven't spent a Christmas with her for several years So her children are growing up not seeing any of these ornaments the Daughter here keeps begging for them even in JULY!!LOL Tho I'm nowhere near retirement age (TEE HEE) We have Christmas at my D's house here So this year is the year.. For me No tree Just a ring of memories!!!!
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That's a good idea. Each year my mother, who is 74, says she's not going to put up a tree but she ends up doing it. I'm going to tell her the memory wreath idea. We all get together at Thanksgiving so we could all have a hand in making it.
If I'm not too nosey, why can't your daughter come at Christmas? That would be hard for me to swallow.
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Bestofour.. My daughter lives 3 states away and is Children's music director at her church,so Christmas is her busiest time with church and she is involved with the homeless year round especially holidays, has 3 little ones and her husband opts to work during holidays for the double time almight dollar.. My plan next year is go there and take my grandson's with me that live here... You're right it IS hard but I understand her positive attitude with church and being a young couple with 3 kids needs the money, Thanksgiving would be ideal for everyone to help with sorting the ornaments,, You'd be surprised how many family members will want the same ornament, when we had a fuss about who gets it we just determined the oldest adult child of giver OR/ the one with the best story memory of said ornament, and believe me I've heard some dooozies of made up stories
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my D's house here So this year is the year.. For me No tree Just a ring of memories!!!!
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i LOVE that idea dianne, and will have to start working on that myself!
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