Here are the five ornaments I made this year, as displayed on my sad little Charlie Brown tree:
The pink and light green poinsettia I kept for our family.
The cranberry and dark green poinsettia I gave to the Brandons.
The snowman I gave to the Books.
The Santa Claus I gave to my parents.
The Christmas mouse I gave to the Maleceks.
I think the mouse was the best looking of the crew, and I didn't mean to play favorites as far as who got to keep him, but both Santa and mouse had to go to a family who didn't have any children under 3 years old in their house, because of the glass bead eyes. I knew I wanted Santa to go to my mom, since she and Dan disagree on the merits of telling children that Santa Claus brings them presents...so that left Kevin, Mandy, and Ella. I think I can trust a 6 1/2 year old not to chew on it, and I think I can trust that they won't let the dogs at it, so that was that. I mentioned before that I screwed up the light colored poinsettia by sewing the petals on backwards, so I figured I should keep it. Then it was just a matter of who gets Grumpy the Snowman and who gets a pretty flower. In the end, I flipped a coin. Shrug.
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