The Christmas Tree Skirt

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In 2008, we spent our first Christmas at our own house. With two small children it was no longer feasible to fly all over the country during the holidays. It was our first full-sized tree and a chance to start new family traditions. Needing a tree skirt and not being able to find one I liked, I decided to make my own and thus our new family tradition was started. Each year I add a decoration to the skirt that holds a special meaning for our family along with the date to remember it.

  

2008 was a wonderful year. We welcomed our second daughter into the world and Julia, who was two, was really starting to understand Christmas. She watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on TV and was infatuated. Someone gave her a little Rudolph figurine and she carried it everywhere she went. Reading the book became a nightly routine, and often I would find her asleep cradling the book. No surprise, the year 2008 was commemorated with a Rudolph design on the tree skirt.

In 2009, Claire was 18months and hadn't started talking yet. You could tell she understood a lot, but just didn't feel like expressing it. Imagine our surprise when she pointed to a picture of Santa Clause and said "Ho, Ho, Ho".  We were very proud of her and documented the achievement by making Santa Clause our design for 2009.

Now ages 2 and 4, both girls enjoyed watching the same Christmas classics that my husband and I watched when we were children. While our parents only had to sit through it once a year as a TV special, thanks to the invention of DVD, we could endure it on a daily basis. Dr. Seuss' "The Grinch That Stole Christmas" became their favorite movie, book, and thanks to a remake by the Cast of Glee, their favorite song. Thus he because our 2010 Christmas icon, made of felt with fabric paint detailing for the black lines.