A Special Christmas Tree

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! 

All of our RV’ing friends know about stuff.  We really learned more about it right after retirement when the desire to travel or get on the road became important.  Years of accumulated stuff had to make way for new stuff.  Gone were the huge pieces of furniture and items that cluttered the cabinets and closets.  In came the RV toys or necessities such as internet aircards, GPS units and other stuff designed to make RV adventures easier.

Important stuff was packed up and shipped to the kids or boxed and put away in a storage shed to be sorted on another day.  However, there are some items that were definitely worth keeping.  Many pictures were scanned and other memories stored to sort on another day.

This tree is one of those memories of Christmas past that was passed on to our daughter. This little Christmas tree (and it is little) dates back to about 1971 or so. It belonged to my folks.  We shared many happy Christmas festivities with family gathered around this tree.  Santa has visited many times and placed hundreds of gifts under it over the years.  After my folks, we used it for a few years until it was snatched by Tammi.  The stand of the tree is the bottom of an old piano bench. Yes, it definitely has been a part of many happy memories. 

This one definitely has memories.  Along with the tree, Tammi’s main decorations are ornament pictures of memories past.  There is at least one ornament for every special person in her life.

Yes … this is a special tree.  This will also be a special Christmas since it is the first that we have shared with most of us together since 2003.  Our only regret – that Justin isn’t here to join us.  Then, it would be complete! 

‘Tis a wonderful life … sharing Christmas with family.  Christmas is the day that holds all time together.