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[the_rck]

During the drive home last night, Cordelia expressed a desire to trade in her Cinderella ornament (a gift from her grandmother when she was about three) for something else. She said she'd like an animal ornament-- panda, owl, polar bear, or penguin. That led to me searching for such ornaments online when we got home. I still haven't decided if I'm going to buy any of them, but there are some gorgeous ornaments out there, and the majority of our ornaments are unbreakable (well, I'm sure one could if one tried, but they survive dropping just fine) and kind of dull bulbs. We got a whole bunch of those from Scott's parents the first year we had a decent sized tree, when Cordelia was a toddler. They're not outright ugly, but they're not, in my opinion, particularly pretty, either. We've also got other ornaments that were fine when Cordelia was small, but I don't think she really cares about the Sesame Street ornaments any more.

I'm thinking that some nice ornaments could make good stocking stuffers. Of course, I'm not so sure about putting something breakable into a stocking. I'm also not sure I can find something affordable that Scott would really like. (There are some cute robot ornaments that might work, but I don't know.)

Of course, using ornaments as stocking stuffers would also mean they wouldn't really go on the tree until next year. And do I really want to spend $70 or so on Christmas tree ornaments?

Comments

[zhelana]

I used to have an ornament that depicted something important from my life for every year I was alive. It was fun putting them on the tree.

[the_rck]

We have a handful of ornaments that people gave us for important Christmases (our first after we got married, Cordelia's first), but we haven't really collected ornaments. I think I would like to add a new ornament every year and gradually get rid of the ones I don't like.

[retsuko]

Could you do the "open before Xmas" option on any new ornaments? I think Cordelia's more than old enough to understand why that would be special.

[the_rck]

I'll have to think about that. It's possible that it might work. She picked out the actual ornaments, so they wouldn't be a surprise no matter when we give them to her.

Now we have to figure out what to do with the Cinderella ornament. It's nice and big and fragile. We don't know anybody local with a girl in the right age range to appreciate it. Maybe we can hold onto it for a few years. There's a little girl about six months old now who might like it when she's four or so.