Christmas (or Advent at least)

[sally_maria]

We've started on the Christmas decorations, and one old favourite is this
Advent Calendar. I'm reliably informed it's 40 years old this year, and as
you can see the doors have long since fallen off. It's an old friend, though, and
I can't see us getting rid of it.

Do you have a favourite Christmas decoration - an old friend, or a new and
shiny? I'd love to see them - post when you get round to putting them up,
or if you already have pictures.

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Comments

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

My father has one that my mother made aeons ago. It was up during the earliest bit of my childhood I can remember and might even predate it.

The best thing about it is that it's a frame with some bells in the middle, so when the tinsel gets tatty you can just change that and it's good to go for another 5+ years, but it's still HER decoration, since she started the changing of the tinsel long before she was gone.

Picture some time as I don't have one here. Maybe it'll be my next year userpic.

[sally_maria]

That sounds like a lovely thing to have, definitely a source of fond memories.