The Family Christmas Tree
Tinsel No Tinsel
I titled this blog, The Family Christmas Tree because that was the first and biggest hurdle, we had to handle during our first year of marriage. Harper and Olsen comment about how "marrying into a family with different values can be a challenge." Boy, oh boy, they are not kidding! My husband grew up with a huge tree, tinsel to cover the whole tree in which you couldn't even recognize the ornaments and so many presents, one would think everyone in the town was getting one.
I, on the other hand, grew up with a smaller tree which was sometimes flocked a different color because I had an amazing fun grandmother. We always gathered at her house Christmas Eve and several days a week. We opened all family presents Christmas Eve while enjoying homemade candies, pies and listening to Andy Williams Christmas music. My husband's family opened one present on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning was digging through a pile of wrapping paper which included wrapped toothbrushes and underwear.
I shouldn't say our first Christmas because it was small, and I loved it. I gave him a razor and he gave me silverware. The ones that followed, however, were tense. He covered the tree with tinsel and I would remove it. He used garland and I would take it off and wrap it around a pole outside. You get the picture. For the past 30 years, our tree has had our children's homemade ornaments on it along with some that survived our moving around. We are less and less enthused about even putting it up. In fact, this year, it is outside by the front door covered with lovely white lights but without any ornaments. I will probably add some ornaments this week, and just a little tinsel. Merry Christmas Everyone!
* Harper, J. M. &Olsen, S.F. (2005). "Creating Healthy Ties With In-Laws and Extended Families."
In C.H. Hart, L.D. Newell, E. Walton &D.C. Dollahite (Eds.), Ch. 37.
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