A Memory Christmas Tree or a Control Freak Christmas Tree?
Posted on December 5, 2006
>There are two types of decorated Christmas trees: Memory Trees and Control Freak Trees.
People who have Memory Trees refuse to put any ornament on the tree unless it has sentimental value: either someone gave the ornament as a gift or they picked out the ornament with a loved one on a special trip. You get the idea. The other type of person has a rigorously decorated tree: there is a theme, there are colors and every single ornament, light and garland comes together to create a stunning display of good taste.
People who have Memory Trees are so easy to buy for at Christmas. You just give them a fabulous new ornament every year, and everyone is happy. For your Memory Tree friends, we love the 2006 Swarovski Crystal Annual Ornament, which is a snowflake in faceted clear crystal, with a blue satin band. A plate is engraved with "2006." The ornament measures 3 1/16" x 2 1/2" and is available at Bloomingdales for $65.00.
So, what kind of tree do we have? Surely you know us well enough by now to know that we have a stunning Control Freak Tree. The colors this year are gold and burgundy, with gold instruments, some marvelous garlands and hand-carved angels. What's that you say? Ok, fine. We'll fess up. To appease the overly sentimental members of the family we have a very small Memory Tree in the den. But we try not to look at it too often, because its mismatched, randomly placed ornaments and generally untidy appearance give us a headache every time we look at it.....
This video from David Christopher's Inc. shows some of the latest trends. These trees each have a theme so they are not memory trees unless you were to add your personal ornaments to it.