WOW!
For the record, I believe that there should be monthly blogging gift exchanges, as it is wonderful.
I got to thinking about the women who settled, with their new husbands, when the west was still wild. Imagine that beautiful feeling when a man on a horse would bring a note from home, (likely written six or so months from home) or when a wagon train would arrive with a quilt from Grandma..
Anyway, this was all very off of topic, and the topic here is this beautiful ornament! :)
My ornament (which was absolutely perfect, btw) comes to me from Beckie… Although Beckie and I know virtually nothing about one another, please allow me to tell you 3 very distinct things that I now know about her.
1) Beckie chose the perfect ornament. There is very little which is really sentimental to me from my childhood, but I have such an affinity for Rudolph. And not just any Rudolph but the Rudolph from the Burl Ives Christmas story.
2) Beckie pays a great deal of attention to detail as her little note holder was so precious and, although I would have loved to snap a photo of it, my daughter stole it immediately to store in her secret place of things most treasured! (Good thing I had time to grab the note with her URL or this blog post would be worded a little bit more like this: Would the wonderful woman who mailed me the ornament pictured above please come to my blog at once and identify yourself…)
3) Beckie is very wise to stuff every side of the box generously with tissue paper because, if there was one box that the United States Postal Service felt was worthy of a stand off against a forklift, this poor little box was it. It came to us literally crushed, but Beckie’s wisdom protected my precious Rudolph!!!
So, Beckie, thank you… Thank you, thank you, thank you!
And Julie, thank you too, for organizing such a fun experience!
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Oh, I am so glad that the ornament got there ok and that you like it. I was really worried that you wouldn’t like it. Now I can stop lurking and comment here. Ha.
What a wonderful ornament!Our family didn’t do the Rudolph or other “classics” (other than Charlie Brown) growing up but, by golly, my children will have every word memorized if I have anything to do with it!
That ornament is so precious! We watched Rudolph last night… Jacob is so into the specials this year!
HORRAY!! I love the ornament – Beckie did a great job! I will post about it and update your link on the participant page to this post.
You’ve been playing too much Oregon Trail, haven’t you??? (I asked my brother to get that for my 7-year-old for Christmas. Thanks for the head’s up)That ornament is super cute. We don’t get to have a tree this year, as we have moved a piano into our living room instead.
Hey Beckie — where did you get that ornament? Can you order one online? I would love to get myself one of those!
Its perfect! That show was just on the other night. I remember growing up as a kid, just before VCRs, you only saw those shows once a year on TV. It was a HUGE deal!!!! Love, Esther
Beckie chose a lovely ornament for your tree.
That is a CUTE ornament! I’m so slow I really should mail mine. :)
Oh and btw, I watched Rudolph on tv last night. :)
Love the ornament!
How fun, I love swaps!
So cute! I love Rudolph too!
What a sweet ornament! Wow, we don’t even have our tree yet, let alone putting up the decorations, but all that changes tomorrow. Yippee! :)
Oh that is perfect! I too love Rudolph.
That´s a really cute christmas ornament!I like it!