You know how sometimes you see a little "vignette" and it triggers a bunch of memories? That's what happened to me recently on another shoot at The Tattered House. There store is all decorated for Christmas. I saw this box, and it took me back to my childhood.
We had many such boxes. In those days, I would not have paid attention to the box. But I really do remember taking ornaments out of boxes like this to hang on the tree.
Max Eckardt & Sons. Can you imagine deciding you want go into business, and specializing in Christmas tree ornaments? Hard to fathom, but it's nice that some people do. Here's a wikipedia page on the company.
We (i.e. my family when I was a kid) had a lot of special ornaments. Not fancy, but special to me because you just see them once per year. Unfortunately after my Mom died, my stepfather said I was not welcome to any of our family possessions. So my brother and I have just the memories. Not to be a downer, but the moral of this story is if YOU want your kids to have something, YOU had better give them the goods while you are alive.
Well, let's get back to those "Sleigh bells ringin and jing jing jingling" shall we? It's that "most happiest time of the yearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" SING IT WITH ME! Have a special Christmas ornament memory to share, with a comment below?
