General Chat

Oh I am so glad I'm not the only one!

Our tree is covered in old decorations dating back to mostly my childhood but there is one which must be about 60 years old from my husband's side of the family.

I have made a lot of things too and every year I usually buy at least one new something so every branch groans under two or three decorations and we need a very big tree!

I've even got an old decoration made of egg cartons and milk bottle tops made by my sister in infant school when she was about 4. She's now 50! I did offer to let her have it when she got married and had her own tree but she has an all blue and silver themed thing!

If I had a big enough house then I might quite like a themed tree in a hall or something but I'd probably want a different colour each year so would need a huge supply of different baubles!!!

My Guides and I make some very nice little reindeer out of 3 clothes pegs!!! LOL

Sue
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Sue, youv'e made me remember making bells out of egg boxes and covering them (and me) in glitter. Todays children have just not experienced the sheer joy of having glitter in your hair and up your nose!

My children did Colin.

I loved making things with them.
In 1944, my mother and auntie and my little sister, made decorations for the house and the tree.
news papers cut in strips, painted then stuck to make chains. cut out shapes and paste (a little flour and water) and a little glitter.

So that when my own children came along, I spent many lovely hours with them making decorations.

My eldest made some lovely ceiling decorations with tinsel, and two wire coat hangers..... remember them ?
BLUE PETER!
she made a red one and a green one.

years later my granddaughters made me decorations for the tree... they were like stain glass.... stars, little houses, trees... lovely with the lights shinning through them.

Deanna X

Every year I say, 'Ive got so many decorations Im definately not buying any more next year', but then every year I buy more, sometimes in the Jan sales. My oldest decoration is a bauble saying 'Rickys 1st Christmas', its 10 years old. Before my son was born I never had a tree, I was only 20 and not very domesticated!

Making up for it now though Romany star??

It just takes a child, and the magic comes.

Deanna X

i have a fairy miranda

she was on our tree

when i was little a long long time ago

i remember making snowmen out of toilet roll tube and covering it with cotton wool

kids today couldnt do that in school cos they not allowed to keep toilet roll tubes due to health and safety

I have a cardboard figure of Father Christmas that belonged to my Dad when he was a boy. It is about 18ins tall. My Dad was born in 1921, so I would guess that this figure must be at least 70 years old. It is something I remember from my childhood and is one of my most treasured possessions. My grandchildren love it and know that it is very old and belonged to their gt grandad.

Frances

my mum has a bauble that was bought when my grandfather was born in 1902.
i think there is also a chocolate star from my gt grandmothers tree, not sure of its age but she died in 1965!
tina x

Ann, in Glos,,,,,,,,,THE FAIRY,,,,,,,,,how could i forget her,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I guard her with a passion,,she is so grubby but she still has pride of place on top of tree,,,,,,,,,,,she has hair, &a wand,,and moveable legs and arms

She was bought by my mum in 1946,,and cost ,one shilling and six,pence,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

My daughter used to cringe at the sight of it,,,,but now the tide has turned and she understand the sentiment,,,,,,,,,she will never thrown out,,,,,,

I have lots of baubles that were my Mum and Dad's,
when we brought the house off them when hubby got out of the army, they moved to a flat and had a small fibre optic tree so they divided the decos between me and my brother. Most of them were brought when I was born ( 1959) and consist of glass bells, like Deanna mentioned and I too also loved tinkling them when I was little. Hazel, I also remember having paper Father Christmases that opened out with fat bellies also the bells made the same way.
We also have a crib scene that Dad brought when he was on National Service in Italy which was about 1950. and every year that has pride of place on the unit. It has a background made of Bamboo canes that have been split and lashed together and we have a metal gold star that has lamenta strands that we pin above the scene and trail the strands down over the sides.
The very last thing that gets put on the tree every year is the fairy. She was always on the tree when I was little and has a silver wand and had a white crepe paper skirt with netting over the top. When hubby and I got married he was stationed in Cyprus and I went out to join him a fortnight before Xmas. The last thing that Mum and Dad gave me as I left the house to go and join him was the fairy. I had to replace the skirt about 20 years ago but she always is on the tree.

Wishing you all a peaceful and happy Christmas.

Helen

Have some fariy lights for my Mil that are nearly sixty years old am still trying to find a new bulb for them Valx