If you give an ornament each year when do you have them open it? Do you give them out when you decorate the tree? Or is it giving out at Christmas?
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11-18-2011 #1
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Keepsake ornaments (when to give)
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11-18-2011 #2
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Our kids open them on Christmas. Since we put up the tree soon after Thanksgiving, and the ornaments represent something about each child's year, I usually don't have all of the ornaments picked out and purchased when the tree gets decorated.
Growing up, my sisters & I opened them when decorating the tree. Our ornaments were from our grandparents, and each of us had a theme (I always got a bear ornament, one sister got angels, the other got Santas), and I know my grandparents shopped ahead, so they were often purchased a year or more in advance, and were ready to give when the tree went up.Allison
DD1 11/05
DS 04/08
DD2 11/11
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11-18-2011 #3
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Decorating the tree.
Annie
WOHM to two wonderful little girls born in April
DD E, 17
DD L, 13,
baby 2, 4-2009 (our Tri-18 baby)
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11-18-2011 #4
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I'm so bad. I wait until the day after Christmas and buy it when they are half off. I usually get a Halmark one that relates to something from the year. But if I do happen to buy them early, I give them when we decorate the tree.
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11-18-2011 #5
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DD gets one from the grandparents and they've given it to her after the tree is already put up.
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