T Stands for Upside-Down Christmas Tree

Many years ago, while browsing through the holiday displays at the big box stores, we saw trendy, upside down Christmas trees. We really liked the idea and ran home to try it out. When we first moved to the house 31 years ago and to save us money, my parents gave us an artificial Christmas tree they weren't using anymore. The top of the tree would be perfect hung on the wall upside down. Himself drilled and braced the tree with picture wire so it wouldn't come down.

The upside down tree would make the perfect home for the fragile ornaments. It would keep the irreplaceable and breakable out of the way of curious, little hands and paws. Himself constructed a series of wire loops and bends to securely hang the ornaments. Since most of the tree is  above the reach of the hobbits (though we are quite tall as hobbits go), Himself's job is to decorate the tree.

The tree resides on the wall year round. During the rest of the year, the tree is decorated with picture ornaments of the girlies through the years. The picture ornaments were just too pretty and precious (especially the hand made ones done at school) to store away in a box for a year. At Christmas, the picture ornaments are moved to the big tree so Himself can hang the fragiles.

A few years ago, The Nephew, gave us a lovely, Lenox teapot. It's home is on the upside down tree.

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