Favorite Ornament: Kids Min
"What is your favorite Christmas Ornament and why?"
Karri's Answer:
One of my absolute favorite Christmas ornaments is my mermaid. I was fairly obsessed with mermaids, and since there was very little mermaid merch available to a young girl in the 70's, I had to create my own. I drew them constantly, but there came a day in 3rd grade when we were given the opportunity to make a Christmas ornament out of clay. I immediately went to work creating my masterpiece, using ten times the amount of clay intended for this project. The result is my beautiful, 4 lb., indestructible, Christmas Mermaid ornament. She is set in a profile pose (please don't confuse her pearl earring as a wonky second eyeball), with flowing mud-brown hair, zombie-green skin, and orange eyes. Arms would have been nice, but space and time limits dictated a strong focus on the construction of her graceful (and very proportional) mermaid tail. This treasure inspired many jokes and much laughter from family as, year after year, I sought the strongest branch on the tree to host my lovely mermaid. She continues to be a Christmas favorite but is no longer allowed to harm innocent pine trees and now rests peacefully in a small, but sturdy, wooden easel on my mother's marble countertop.
Karri's Answer:
One of my absolute favorite Christmas ornaments is my mermaid. I was fairly obsessed with mermaids, and since there was very little mermaid merch available to a young girl in the 70's, I had to create my own. I drew them constantly, but there came a day in 3rd grade when we were given the opportunity to make a Christmas ornament out of clay. I immediately went to work creating my masterpiece, using ten times the amount of clay intended for this project. The result is my beautiful, 4 lb., indestructible, Christmas Mermaid ornament. She is set in a profile pose (please don't confuse her pearl earring as a wonky second eyeball), with flowing mud-brown hair, zombie-green skin, and orange eyes. Arms would have been nice, but space and time limits dictated a strong focus on the construction of her graceful (and very proportional) mermaid tail. This treasure inspired many jokes and much laughter from family as, year after year, I sought the strongest branch on the tree to host my lovely mermaid. She continues to be a Christmas favorite but is no longer allowed to harm innocent pine trees and now rests peacefully in a small, but sturdy, wooden easel on my mother's marble countertop.
Alex's Answer:
I do not have a favorite Christmas ornament. My mom changed the tree up every year with a new color scheme and or theme. But the best part of that for me is that I got to learn and then help decorate from the age 6 up. Every Christmas season always created new memories going to the Placerville K-Mart looking for what story we wanted our tree to tell that year.
I do not have a favorite Christmas ornament. My mom changed the tree up every year with a new color scheme and or theme. But the best part of that for me is that I got to learn and then help decorate from the age 6 up. Every Christmas season always created new memories going to the Placerville K-Mart looking for what story we wanted our tree to tell that year.
Recent
Archive
2024
January
March
2023
January
February
March
September
October
2022
January
February
March
April
June
September
No Comments