“What the heck is that?” I asked
when Mr. H. showed me an ornament he’d just pulled from the back of our
Christmas tree.
Laughing, he said, “What do you
think? Looks like another alien ornament to me!”
“But what is it?” said I.
Taking it from his hands, I examined
it carefully but still couldn’t give it a name. With its large eyes, it looked
somewhat like an owl, but there was also pine, two miniature pine cones and
four red berries.
Grabbing my phone, I took a picture and
sent it to my son. Alien ornament, I
wrote. He wrote back, “I love it! Funny, but somehow endearing. It may be the
best one yet!”
As we continued dismantling the
tree, Mr. H. and I laughed and laughed at the newest member of our Alien
Ornament family. It was really cute! Even though this year marks more than
a decade of finding a strange ornament on our tree when we take it down, we are
always surprised and totally delighted to find it!
And now, after we admire it a while, this one will be wrapped
lovingly in tissue paper and packed away with the others in the box I labeled “Alien
Ornaments – 2007 – 2016” last year – but changed this year to “Special Ornaments.”
I cherish these frivolous little gifts from an unknown source and hope
that one day, when Mr. H. and I are no longer able to hang them on our
Christmas tree, the person or persons responsible for them will give them a special
place on their tree.
And may they get as much pleasure from doing so as we have!
Last year's ornament here
And may they get as much pleasure from doing so as we have!
Last year's ornament here
