Shannon and I got married in 2004, and when Christmas rolled around my mom bought us a little 4 foot Christmas tree. As we were living in about 550 square feet at the time, it was the right size for us, particularly because we'd be spending the actual holiday at our parents homes. Christy bought us some basic ornaments along with the tree, but we didn't have a star, so we went out and bought one. It's a four foot tree, so you can't go too overboard with the star. We picked a very simple star that really isn't meant to be a tree topper - it's just an ornament. But we liked the simplicity of it, and besides, we had a plan. We knew that we wouldn't have our little tree forever, but we'd be able to keep that star as a regular ornament on the tree each year after we'd upgraded to a bigger tree, and it would remind us of our first little tree all those years ago.
Well, the joke's on us. We still have the little four foot tree set up in our home for the 11th year now. Each time we get close to actually buying a new tree, something gets in the way. But I'm happy with our little tree, and each year that we've been married, we've gone out and picked out a new ornament to add to it. When we started, we had lots of branches on the tree for our nondescript white balls, but as time passes our tree is getting over run with our annual ornaments - perhaps in another decade we really will be forced into buying a bigger tree. This month I'll be sharing each of the ornaments we've picked over the years, each with their own little story.
So that's our little star, that keeps sitting on top of the tree year after year. We still plan to get a new, bigger tree someday. Maybe next year . . . .
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