An Ornament a Day: Christmas Traditions Make Memories

One of the things we can lose track of in this extra busy season are the home made pleasures. We shop until we drop, almost as an obligation we owe loved ones. But in truth, in a time when many of us are doing with less, trying to learn to enjoy the small things, it's nice to go back to the small wonders we make ourselves. 

One of my family traditions was the tv project bag. By your chair, tucked in a corner, was a small bag, plastic or otherwise with a project in it. And around Christmas that project was most likely a batch of ornaments. A santa out of yarn. A patchwork heart. An embroidered bird. Each year something different. You kept some for yourselves, and shared the rest with friends and loved ones. 

Working on a project while the specials played on always made us feel we weren't "wasting time." We weren't. Together we were making memories. And as the ornaments from other years were unpacked we'd remember making them together on a quiet wintery night.

So for 24 days we'll show you an ornament for your project bag. Some of them are obvious and need no instruction. More complicated ones we'll link you to information.

Take some time this season to sit together and make memories and ornaments, to treasure year after year.