Christmas Ornaments

The ongoing debate about Christmas ornaments in our house is what constitutes ‘Christmasy’. As I’m sure you’ve no doubt guessed, I have a rather large collection of super-hero Christmas ornaments. The idea is that a character attached to a hook does not a Christmas ornament make. Rather… it’s just a toy. There’s nothing inherently Christmassy about Batman hanging from your tree.

This year we’ve subverted the argument in a graceful manner for the first time in our fifteen year marriage. We have two trees. Not only that, but with our house addition finally nearing completion, we have the space for two trees. Lorie has her tree in the living room with tasteful, boring decorations. The kids and I have our tree in the glorious sun room with all the fun stuff.

Hallmark’s position on the great Christmas ornament debate is a clear matter of record. They’ll sell whatever they want to whoever they want as long as the money keeps rolling in. And it seems for the last twenty years or so, geeks have been voting heavily with their wallet. What started as a small section on the Hallmark ornament display for super heroes and Star Trek has turned into a massive pop culture display of all things geeky, all attached to little hooks for your tree.

Between the kids and me, we’ve been able to get at least two or three of these ornaments every year. And since I’ve been hard-wired from a very early age to think that Christmas equals super-heroes, I have absolutely no problem with Superman and Wonder Woman dangling from hooks on my tree.

So, for your enjoyment, here are some of the ornaments that will be adorning our tree this year. The fun one.

Thanks,
DCD




















































































































P.S. Lorie has yet to decorate her Christmas tree. And I just noticed that my six-year-old Alex has been sneaking some of his action figures into the branches.