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Here’s a little video of the Lionel train the boys got for Christmas from my parents:

The things J9 does to that poor cat….

But if I were shopping for myself… I would get one (or more) of the cool bicycling posters I found on this web site:

We decorated our Christmas tree (J9 was outvoted on getting a natural tree, so we assembled our ancient artificial tree) and hung the stockings with care. (Click the thumbnail for a medium-sized version of this picture, then click the medium-sized version to see a full-size version.) UPDATE: People with radio faces shouldn’t make video blogs. But click on my picture if you’re brave.

The cat is very curious–this is his first Christmas–and we are concerned that he might climb the Christmas tree and knock it over. I am trying to think of something heavy that I can place on the base of the stand to keep it from tipping.

We have a tradition of buying or making new ornaments every year, which is something my mom did for my family when we were kids. There are old ornaments on the tree dated 1972, and there may be one or two that are older that don’t have dates. My favorite is a red bicycle (no kidding) that my mom gave me when I was in high school or possibly middle school.

For a few years, members of our family and J9 and I were getting “Our First Christmas Together” and “Our 2nd…” etc., but somewhere along the way, we kind of let that tradition go… maybe about the time we started focussing our Christmas traditions on the kids.

A couple years ago, my older sister made us some snow-filled ornaments. They are clear plastic, hollow, and she filled them with some kind of fake snow, then labeled each of the four for each member of our family. The kids love them–and today J9’s nephews are here, marveling at how the snow got inside the ornaments.

What, if any, Christmas ornament stories do you have?