I love this time of year. The feel, the lights, the smells, the sounds. Even as a little girl who didn't celebrate Christmas, I always loved when my (Jewish) parents put up our Hanukkah bush. It was a fun way to stay involved in the season, even if our holiday came and went in early December. I loved sitting on the floor with my family, carefully unwrapping each ornament and smiling at the memories each trinket brought to mind.
We eventually stop setting it up because the new dog would take things off of it and run around the house. And there it sat, lonely in a bag and a box in the cold attic for at least 4 years. Until Dan and I moved back east and for the last time I sat on the ground with my mom, unwrapping ornaments, and discussing which ones I was allowed to take for our growing ornament collection. Ever year, Dan and I have gotten a bigger bush (and eventually a tree when it doesn't have to be carried 2 flights of stairs) to accommodate our growing collection of ornaments and memories. I thought I would share some of my favorite ornaments with you!
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| I love this rocket ship. I don't care that that it's slightly broken and has to hang weird. |
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You have no idea how excited I was to find a true Hanukkah ornament!
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Ornament I made in pre-school!
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Pretty self-explanatory. Sock with dreidels.
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Newest addition: From my family's precious pup!
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Dan got this from his mother...she finds the coolest ornaments!
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| An ode to our last name. |
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