Creating a Christmas Ornament Album

Posted by admin on December 26, 2010

Do you have a favorite Christmas ornament you hang every year? If you do I bet there is a story that goes with it.

As we carefully unpack, hang and then repack all those ornaments there are always a special few that tug at us for one reason or another.

The snowman that I painted when I was 3 years old that has one eye that is much bigger than the other because I just had to make it a little bigger.

The ornament I made in kindergarten with my picture in the middle and red yarn around the outside that my daughter insisted was her picture when she was in kindergarten.

The train that Uncle John brought back from Germany one year. Uncle John was alive when we put that ornament on the tree this year, but he is gone now. I’ll pack that away very carefully this year.

So I bet you have a few ornaments that have their own stories. Why not take pictures of those ornaments, put them in a special album, and journal the story or special memory behind them. The album can be handed down to your kids so they can remember and share the stories with their children. Maybe pulling out the album each year can become one of your Christmas traditions. Let your kids take a picture of their favorite ornament and write about why it is their favorite.

It isn’t rocket science, but I made a short video showing the album I use and how easy it can be to create your own Christmas Ornament Album.

View the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2lDTh6eNGg