Sentimental Decorations.

[Sunshine]

Does anyone have any special sentimental decorations?

Although my little boy died 40 years ago when he was just seven years old, I display the last Christmas card he made for me and his daddy. It has pride of place on the mantelpiece. I also display the last Christmas card my late husband bought me before he died in 2016.
I have a Ty beanie mini angel teddy in memory of my little boy and a sparkly silver star in memory of my late husband.
They give me back the lovely memories of these two precious people at Christmas time.

[Oma]

I have a light up star on my tree my DD bought me about 30 years ago , its been re wired a few times but still looks lovely ,
I also have a few old cards one from my brother to my parents when he was about 20 , my mother kept it and now I do ,
Not because it was anything special but it was the first and last one he ever sent he wasn't one for doing the Christmas card thing ,
I also have the last card my sister sent me before she died.

[Daisy]

I have a few tree ornaments from my childhood. We always had two trees - one in our living room, and one for the shop window. I used to do the one for the window because I was small and bendy enough to climb in there. Dad would help by passing the various ornaments to me so I didn't have to keep jumping in and out. It was always a lovely bit of time we shared.

[Nanto2girls]

We still use baubles on the tree that we have had for years.
The first Christmas we lived in this house was also the first Christmas for DS1 (he's 51 now) we bought all new decorations for the tree,and they still get pride of place.
Always hang up a cardboard Father Christmas that DS2 made in his first Christmas at school (he's 48 now).
Many of our tree baubles have been bought from different places,both home and abroad.

[Gemini]

Sunshine, those things must be so precious.

I have all the cards given to me by grandchildren, but I don't display them so that's not counted!
I have a cardboard Santa with red hat made by DD2 in primary school, I would say she was about 6. It has hung on the tree for almost 40 years now, I will never throw it away.
I was given a glass bauble with to 'Grandma with love from ...' on my 11 year old GD1's first Christmas, which has pride of place.
We have several delicate ornaments from OH's mum's tree, which I wrap very carefully in tissue paper each year.

[Plantaholic]

I have some baubles from my family tree and my lovely 80 year old fairy, she is celluloid. I replaced her dress which is just crepe paper and golden wings some years ago.

[Mimi]

Oh yes !
I have a bauble on the tree that belonged to mum. It still has a piece of wollen thread that she used to make a 'quick temporary ' repair to the broken gold glitter thred that was attached to the bauble so that it could be attached to the tree. That bit of wool has special memories.
Christmas crackers made by two eldest when they were of nursery age, they are now 19 and 16.
A Christmas card that decorates the tree sent to me and OH from DD when she had moved out to live with her boyfriend, now he is our much lovec SIL
I still have a small cardboard Santa from my childhood.

We still have the Christmas fairy that we brought for our first Christmas together as Mr and Mrs . She is 47 !

[Daisy]

What wonderful, special memories we all have.

I think having a special angel, fairy or star for the top of the tree is lovely. Ours tend to come and go. At present I've got a sort of macrame angel and a wobbly star that will never sit straight. We're only going to put one tree up this year, instead of the two that have become traditional since GS1 was born. So we'll have to choose - angel or star. I think the angel will be the chosen one.

[Glammanana]

I have put up the last card I received from my lovely John he ws going to do his special card shopping the week he died last year,also put up the Christmas Cracker my eldest son made when he started nursery 42 yrs ago along with cards made at school from my DD and youngest son.
There are two x standing Father Christmas's which we brought back from Spain when we moved home in Rose Gold traditional coats not very old but hold lovely memories as John bought them as a surprise for me on Christmas Eve.

[Daisy]

Glamm - how sad that John didn't get those special cards, but having the last one he sent is special, along with the Father Christmases. Does your DS1 realise that the 42 year old cracker was his handiwork? None of my sons' early craft efforts have survived.