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A #ChristmasEve #TwitterStory from my house to yours.

I love my Christmas ornaments. Some are Victorian. Some are from my parent's first tree together in 1959. Some mean a lot. Many are from estate sales.

Mike bought me this German snake circa 1900.

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In 1960 my parents bought a box of Shiny Brite satellite-shaped ornaments. They have been my favorite ornaments my entire life.

This year Mike picked one up and asked about it. I told him the whole story. He promptly broke it.
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He felt TERRIBLE and I kept telling him it was OK. They ae fragile. I told him the story of my friend Carol (whose mom turns 100 Jan 7! Want to send her a card?) whose giant German Shepherd took out a tree of 100 year old + Victorian ornaments.

Mike still felt awful!
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Then I found a solution! He was also lamenting not having enough gifts and I found a company that makes copies of the ornaments from the Royal Tsar's court's yearly ornaments.

Mike LOVED the idea and went off to, I assumed, buy me an ornament. I looked at the rest.
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It is here I should tell you to read the photo descriptions in this piece for additional details and information.

It will brighten your ho ho holidays.

So there was one ornament I wanted more than the other Russian eggs. Much much more.
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And so I splurged and bought it for myself. It was so pretty and I wanted it so bad & I was 100% sure Mike would never pick such a pretty dainty ornament out of all the ornaments to pick from.

Mike gave me my ornament early.

What can I say. He knows me well.

#MerryChristmas

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