By the afternoon, Joe left for work and J.J. was determined not to take a nap, and I thought finishing the tree would have to wait for a future evening when he was down for the night. But his Bammy (Joe's mom) came over and kept him occupied while I was able to work.
Of course, once I "finished" the tree, I found one last box of Christmas stuff, including more ornaments, so I'll have to sneak them in behind the tinsel.
I made a bow to top the tree, but took it down as soon as I fastened it on. It just wasn't right. I've looked for years for a star, but still haven't had luck finding one (and as you know, I'm not about to just get one to get us by until I find the right one). I do know what it will look like, though - it will be silver filigree. You know, almost like the gold filigree one that mom still uses to top her tree, but silver.
To me, Christmas is all about tradition. Keeping the traditions I've known in my life, sharing them with my family, sharing Joe's family traditions, and starting our own. I'm already enjoying sharing this season with J.J. He's mesmerized by the lights on the tree (even though the picture is deceiving, the colored lights outshine the white ones) and has taken a strong liking to tissue paper. Next year, he'll leave a plate of cookies for Santa on the hearth along with a carrot or two for Rudolf.
Mom and I finished our (traditional) holiday baking and treat making today - between last Sunday and today, we made fudge, chocolate bark with toffee, white bark with peppermint, rosettes, peanut brittle, date nut bars, butter press cookies, anise cookies, cream cheese dainties, Polish rugelach and spiced pecans.
Not bad when you consider we had to also tend to J.J. half of last Sunday and all of today.
7 comments:
Linda, your Christmas tree is beautiful (glad to know there's someone else who still uses garland & tinsel!). It is so sweet that you & your mom still keep those traditions alive. Kinda makes me melancholy, cuz I don't have family near me...but that is just more reason to start traditions with Amanda. :)
The tree looks lovely. That's cute about him being so mesmerized by the lights, I know I was. From being a baby until I was an older kid I would frequently just lay down on the floor in front of the tree and stare up into the lights for hours. (No, it didn't take much to occupy me, heh!)
Thanks for your note earlier today. Who knows, maybe I will be one of those moms who thought they never would be someday too. Anything could happen. :)
Your tree is slendiferous. Nice job! J.J.'s first Christmas will be memorable.
Have you looked on Ebay for that star your searching for? I found these two. Can they be painted silver?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Filigree-Star-Tree-Topper-Shabby-Distressed-Chic_W0QQitemZ190063294422QQihZ009QQcategoryZ10940QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/CHRISTMAS-TREE-TOP-STAR-OF-THE-MAGI-BY-BRADFORD_W0QQitemZ290061868222QQihZ019QQcategoryZ33848QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Rugelach...yum.
I have no tree because of the cat. Maybe I'll print out the photo of your tree and put it up on the wall. :)
I haven't looked on eBay yet, but that's another thing to add to the "things to do after JJ goes to sleep" list. Great idea!
Zitty shows no interest in the tree - his window perch is right next to it and he'd rather look outside. Lillie's tail, however, has already managed to knock off some ornaments and grab some tinsel.
Your tree is divine, my dear. I am going to do the white lights with the colored next year. I love that.
Did you save me some bark?
Beautiful.
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