{"id":564,"date":"2008-12-04T22:23:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T05:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=564"},"modified":"2015-08-01T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T19:12:44","slug":"the-ornament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/04\/the-ornament\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ornament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ornament-2008.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8475\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/04\/the-ornament\/ornament-2008\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ornament-2008.png?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ornament-2008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ornament-2008.png?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8475\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ornament-2008.png?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"ornament\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ornament-2008.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ornament-2008.png?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every year for Christmas, my husband\u00a0and I pick out a Christmas ornament together.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been doing this since before we got married, and it&#8217;s become a cherished part of our Christmas tradition.<\/p>\n<p>We try to choose something that is representative of our year together, or at least an occasion during the year.\u00a0 And we try to find something that is not too fragile.\u00a0 There have been years, and this might be another one, where this ornament consumes the entirety of our minuscule Christmas budget.\u00a0 But even when money is tight we still find a way to make the holiday special and memorable.<\/p>\n<p>The ornament above was from my birthday last year, and commemorates a trip when Aaron\u00a0took my mom and I on a cruise out to Blake Island for a Native American feast and dance.\u00a0 We&#8217;re still on the lookout for the perfect ornament for this year.\u00a0 Perhaps something baby oriented?\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We plan to continue this tradition with the baby as well, buying her an ornament each year that memorializes an event and the year.\u00a0 Then, when she&#8217;s grown and ready to go off on her own, she will already have a starter set of Christmas ornaments.<a href=\"http:\/\/carriestuckmann.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/friday%27s%20foto%20finish%20fiesta\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year for Christmas, my husband and I pick out a Christmas ornament together.  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