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If you’re a regular reader of fruityoaty AND you’ve been following the 3-part “I Made These Handpainted Christmas Tree Wooden Ornaments”, then you’ve guessed that the special 10th ornament I promised to post is none other than… my fat and lazy cat Max (under our Christmas tree in our previous house)! Well, I never said I made the 10th one, did I? Haha! I’ve also included photos taken last year of my family’s Christmas tree angel top and Christmas tree. Like my ornaments, the angel is also over 20 years old. We didn’t have a tree this year, but next year DEFINITELY!
Oh, you didn’t read those 3 posts? Peruse: PART 1, PART 2 and PART 3. If you haven’t received your X-mas card in the mail yet, check it out here!
This photo of my family’s Christmas tree angel top was taken last year during a Christmas party at our current house. She’s 20+ years old.
… and here’s a photo taken (during the same party as above) of our Christmas tree bedecked with a lot of old trinkets including my cute, shiny wooden ornaments (they’re in there, somewhere). The theme is a mismash of toy soldiers, wreaths, balls, ribbons, Victorian framed photos, music sheets, red apples, satin hearts, mini stockings and lots of other stuff.
Well, my parents said we could have a Christmas tree NEXT YEAR only if my sister or I purchased a very short fake one. Boxing Day, here I come! On the plus side, there’s no tree to take down this year! No work!
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were both quiet but lovely. I spent it with my family. My sister made sweet goodies, my Mom made Christmas Eve dinner, I went to 5:30 PM church mass with my parents on the 24th (where I was reminded that the REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON IS JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOUR, but I also saw a couple of parishioners - one woman and one child wearing Santa hats). I made a simple, delicious Christmas Day dinner. My family LOVED it. I’ll blog about all that later.
I’ve got tons of stuff I’ve been wanting to blog about (lots of food photos I’ve been meaning to post), but that all takes time. Later.
Merry Christmas, peace, goodwill and adieu,
fruity & Max
Awww your cat is so cute!
I’ve always wanted a cat, but my sister is allergic. 
That is pretty awesome that the angel ornament is 20 years old!
My mom has a little Christmas-y angel that you can put a tea candle into and it’s about 40 years old. She got it from her great-grandmother.
That angel of yours is really pretty, though! Oh, and Happy New Year to you!
The cat is adorable! I looked at your handpainted ornaments and they’re amazing! I wish I could paint like that!!
The angel is over 20 years old?! That’s older than I am! We don’t really have an angel for our tree.
Your cat is very handsome lol. My cat loves being under the Christmas tree as well. I don’t think we have any ornaments older than 3 or 4 years.
Max!! Hahaha!! I love the look on his face…
And the Angel picture is AWESOME!