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Related: About this forumAntique Christmas tree ornaments
The ornaments were my paternal grandmother's. I bought the vintage aluminum tree from a thrift store a few years back.

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(114,058 posts)Mousetoescamper
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sinkingfeeling
(55,064 posts)glass antique bulbs. They were from my maternal grandmother and my mom. I really think they were stolen at one of the sales after I left them in the attic. Much like yours.
Mousetoescamper
(6,144 posts)maspaha
(453 posts)Reminds me of going to my Grandparents house when I was a little girl. I have a couple of boxes of their ornaments and will be passing one box of them to my daughter for her tree next year. She and “the Boy” (her boyfriend of six years who she’d probably be married to now if not for their crippling student debt) close on their house at the end of January 2024.
Thank you for sharing!
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(6,144 posts)Blue Dawn
(970 posts)Your photos bring back so many memories of my childhood. Thank you!!
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randr
(12,542 posts)I remember having some of these as a child and my mothers tears whenever one fell to pieces. Thanks for the memories!
Deuxcents
(21,819 posts)I also remember the first time my mom put up that aluminum tree. She had a wheel that turned and had different colored slides shining on the tree. We hated it! She loved it. Wish I had it and her ornaments..
Mousetoescamper
(6,144 posts)Just wanna ride my motorsickle.
Thanks and you're welcome!
SWBTATTReg
(25,172 posts)particular XMAS. The variety was amazing and the different kinds of ornaments we would end up w/ over the years, after they have accumulated, was pretty neat. We did it not because we were poor, but my Mom and Dad wanted to encourage creativity (plus my great grandma and grandma loved making their own ornaments, so kind of a family tradition (Ozarks)).
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(6,144 posts)SWBTATTReg
(25,172 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(153,516 posts)These are just wonderful! So much variety.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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(6,144 posts)Ray Bruns
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Trueblue1968
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(6,144 posts)AllaN01Bear
(24,765 posts)in my moms collection , i have many of those ornamants and she used them on many a live tree except where we used to live in sonora , we got a fake tree as the house had a wood stove and the tree was too close to the stove , so we got a fake real tree. these are lovly.
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(6,144 posts)patphil
(7,682 posts)My sister lived in my parents house for a while after my mother died, and may still have a few of them on her tree, but most of them either broke, or got so old and tired looking they were discarded.
It's nice to see pictures of them as I remembered them.
Thanks.
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(6,144 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,331 posts)I especially like the tree topper, so much like ours.
chowder66
(10,403 posts)Neat!
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(6,144 posts)ratchiweenie
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(6,144 posts)Diamond_Dog
(36,606 posts)That her mother gave all the pretty glass ornaments away to her sister (my aunt) because she had a family first, and that my boy cousins broke them all.
But I still have some that managed to escape the scourge of the boy cousins, lol
Super photos and they brought back some memories… TY Mousetoescamper.
Mousetoescamper
(6,144 posts)Most of it is dime-store stuff. I've also inherited her collection of costume jewelry.
Thanks and you're welcome!
Bundbuster
(4,018 posts)and beautiful photos.
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