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Originally Posted by summer_gphib
We have a real Fraser Fir, with a lot of sentimental ornaments. We also have red and green oraments mingled with all of the old meaningful ones.
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That's us, too. My parents started the tradition with us of buying an ornament whenever we went on vacation somewhere. When I was grown up, I had a "starter set" of the ornaments I had gotten on trips. My wife and I started the same tradition on our honeymoon.
I'd say that at least 75% of our ornaments are either from trips or there's some other sentimental/historical connection. (The rest are ornaments the kids made or the like -- we have no glass balls or anything similar, and we definitely don't try to stick to any kind of color scheme. We like variety.) It makes decorating the tree turn into a time to remember fun places we've been and things we've done over the years.