Ours is crazy eclectic. I'm good with it though - I mean, I love to look at the fancy trees in magazines and stores, but in reality I love our goofy tree. Mine has flashing colored lights, solid colored lights, white solid lights, and then a whole bunch of meaningful ornaments. Most are made by the kids, but a few were from a handmade ornament swap I participated in a couple years ago. Each year we have a tradition that we make or buy at least 1 special ornament for each kid - usually homemade. It is fun to look back and see what each of them made at different ages, or what each of them picked if it was a year we bought them. Last year was the goofiest - the kids got on a coloring book kick and colored and cut out like a bazillion little things and tied string and hung them on the tree. Lets just say that was far from glamorous. But, they had so much fun with it. Oh, and they also finger knitted garlands for it.
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