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My stonecutter pals and I used to do a regular ornament swap - I haven't participated for a couple of years which I regret - this is one of my swap ornaments - from a darling friend of German origin in Detroit - it's a very German-American tradition to hang a pickle ornament on the tree and the first child to find it will get a treat. I luckily have 2 of them so the boys get to both win!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
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I'm a sucker for a personalised ornament. Near my sister's home in Detroit is a mad place called Bronners - the biggest Christmas (putting the "Christ" back in Christmas) shop in the world. It's utterly enormous and I love it - they do personalised ornaments and I have one for almost every year we've been a family - from one that says Sally, Rob and Pip (the name for my bump when pregnant with Oz) to Sally, Rob, Oscar and TooBee (Toby's bump name) and this year I got this one - it hasn't got the year on it but I loved it!
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The first weekend in December always means we put the tree up. And this year the boys did it all by themselves! It was utterly fab and I didn't even need to re-decorate it after they'd gone to bed. I have an utterly eclectic ornament collection - more to come....
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Toby has been being bribed to be good with lego minifigures! My friend Nick swapped me a clown one for this one - Toby's ultimate favourite - a dwarf complete with doubleheaded battleaxe and full beard....
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Thanks to Starbucks festive giveaways, I had my first mince pie of the year! It was rather yummy but then Clare worked out how many points it was - oops!
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