Antique Christmas tree ornaments

[Mousetoescamper]

The ornaments were my paternal grandmother's. I bought the vintage aluminum tree from a thrift store a few years back.

[blm]

1. Love them. 😻

[Mousetoescamper]

8. Glad you enjoyed the blast from the past

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[sinkingfeeling]

2. Somehow, between two estate sales and moving 500 miles. I lost a box of my family's

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]

9. Most of my antique bottles and childhood toys were lost under similar circumstances

[maspaha]

3. I love this so much!

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!

[Mousetoescamper]

10. I'm glad that these brought fond memories!

[Blue Dawn]

4. Nostalgia moment!

Your photos bring back so many memories of my childhood. Thank you!!

[Mousetoescamper]

11. Thanks and you're welcome!

[randr]

5. Where is the pickle?

I remember having some of these as a child and my mothers tears whenever one fell to pieces. Thanks for the memories!

[Deuxcents]

6. I remember, too.

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]

12. I don't wanna pickle

Just wanna ride my motorsickle.

Thanks and you're welcome!

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Ah, so neat. Reminds of when sometimes, we would have to make our own ornament for a

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)).

[Mousetoescamper]

14. I'm glad these brought pleasant memories

[SWBTATTReg]

16. Thank you. These were pleasant memories, so it's nice to go back, and relive these precious memories.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper!

These are just wonderful! So much variety.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[Mousetoescamper]

15. Thanks, Peggy! Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!

[twodogsbarking]

17. Quite nice. Enjoy.

[Mousetoescamper]

22. Thanks!

[Ray Bruns]

18. Christmas! Bah! Humbug!

[Mousetoescamper]

23. That's the spirit!

[Trueblue1968]

19. Won derful, i got some on ebay in 2000. I love them.

[Mousetoescamper]

24. Thanks!

[AllaN01Bear]

20. ohm myyyy.

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.

[Mousetoescamper]

25. Thanks!

[patphil]

21. My parents had ornaments like this on their Christmas tree.

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.

[Mousetoescamper]

26. Thanks and you're welcome!

[Delmette2.0]

35. My parents had similar ornaments.

I especially like the tree topper, so much like ours.

[chowder66]

27. My Mom has some like the last two.

Neat!

[Mousetoescamper]

30. Thanks!

[ratchiweenie]

28. Oh My, Just Wow.

[Mousetoescamper]

31. Thanks!

[Diamond_Dog]

29. My mother would always lament every Christmas

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]

33. No one else in the family wanted grandma's ornaments, or her knickknacks and china

Most of it is dime-store stuff. I've also inherited her collection of costume jewelry.

Thanks and you're welcome!

[Bundbuster]

32. Beautiful ornaments

and beautiful photos.

[Mousetoescamper]

34. Thanks!