The Christmas tree is now at home in my living room. I put it up this week on a cold night, before the beginning of Advent, whilst listening to Advent music from Cambridge, England.
Meanwhile, Auggie slept.
The tree this year has a couple of new-to-me ornaments that were in my father’s belongings. He and Jo had not decorated a tree in years, thanks to the presence of inquisitive cat(s) in their home. The discovery of some family pieces in the basement was a delight for me and my sisters.
Some of the ornaments:

From my home parish in Kansas City.

This ornament was a purchase in Grand Lake, Colorado.

From London.

My favoritest ornament, hand-painted by Aunt Esther many years ago.

From a December trip to the White House in 2001.

One of Jan Richard’s much-loved Ball State University Singers ornaments.

Rock Chalk!

At some point in the 1980s or early 1990s, my mother made this. My father had this in his belongings.