Sunday 12 December 2010

HE WAS MADE OF SNOW BUT THE CHILDREN KNOW...

Dennis went on a mission yesterday: to find us decorations for our barren tree. And man did he ever deliver! I like my Christmas trees like I like my jack-o-lanterns - old school, sorta tacky, and colourful in mood. Nothing fussy or too matchy allowed. When I was young, we had this milk maid-ish lady made from a clothes pin that always used to grace the tops of our Christmas trees. There was no holiday significance to her, she wasn't seasonally dressed, she had no affiliations to religious figures or fat men, and I don't know where she came from - but she did became a bit of a Falconer tradition. This snowman's head, currently sitting on top of our modest balsam, is just begging for annual tree topper status. He's got that over the top cuteness that could become slightly unnerving under certain circumstances (aka he's perfect).

3 comments:

amy said...

i love this treee! i'm pretty envious of the tinsel - we couldn't find any and our tree seems naked and not quite right without it!

DEADWEIGHT said...

Yeah, tinsel definitely has a way of rounding out a tree! Dennis found it at The Bargain Shop on Parliment. Major score.

sweetie pie press said...

we agree when it comes to trees.