Ornament Stories: Day 22
The weekend before Christmas, my parents and siblings would pack into the family van and drive to the country to find the perfect tree. Sometimes our neighbor, Liz and her two children (and our...
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Some of you may be familiar with my Christmas poem, “The Pickle and The Pear” (you can read the poem here.) These are the two ornaments that inspired it (I told you more pears were to come!). In fact,...
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Christmas Eve. I’m headed to Christmas City, USA today with Michael to celebrate the holiday with my family. There will be carol singing tonight, and egg nog drinking. My father will watch the Pope’s...
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Merry Christmas! I hope the Santas in your life were good to you today. Today marks the beginning of the twelve days of Christmas in case that ever confused you (we all know how marketing and radio...
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Happy Boxing Day. It’s become a family tradition in recent years to go have lunch together at the Brew Works in downtown Bethlehem and then walk up and down Main Street and pop into shops like Donegal...
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Happy third day of Christmas. Another train post. My dad wanted a Santa Fe Lionel engine when he was twelve. He settled for the same style diesel in the Erie line, bought it with his paper money when...
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Well, thanks to my older sister, check Marilyn off my ornament wish list. Here she is decked out in the dress she wore in the opening number, “Two Little Girls from Little Rock” in Gentlemen Prefer...
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Happy fifth day of Christmas. Today I bring you a paper Moravian star, which you can buy already folded and tree-ready at the Moravian Book Shop. I remember an orange and red one on our tree growing...
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Michael went to a conference in Rome earlier this month and brought back some trinkets from the Bartolucci woodworking shop where they specialize in handmade Pinocchios, including this new addition...
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Last day of the year, and last day for these ornament posts. Rather than focus on a single ornament today, I give you all of them in one shot on my little tree. I hope you’ve enjoyed these little...
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