12 on 12/12/12

For Shannon's 12 on 12/12/12 challenge I decided to use some of my favorite Christmas decorations. From the top left:
•Grass angel that was originally intended for a dear friend who died before the "grannies' gift exchange" where she would have received it... it was given to me by the other "grannies" because we were all classmates and close friends
•Already seen a few times on 365, one of the 65+ snowmen my Mom made for my tree, right down to the hand-knitted hats and scarves
•Snowbabies® angel from Marvin
•Clay angel made by a dear friend who is now an angel herself
•Snowbabies® Nativity from Marvin
•Clay Santa made by the same friend who made the clay angel
•Santa mugs that Marvin and I had at Eastern when we were in college
•Nativity from my sis-in-law from one of her visits to Alaska
•Nativity from Katy ( @grammyn ) that is made out olive wood from Israel
•The first Nativity in my collection from our first year together
•Nativity from Africa that a friend got while she was working in Rwanda
•Nativity made for me by my Dad

Also using this for...
Dorrena Ortega's December Challenge:
Wednesdays - Tinsel and glitter
... because my grass angel has some tinsel in her skirt and my snowman tree ornament has sequins (glitter) for his mouth and buttons and I stated up front that "I may substitute on days I don't find an appropriate photo op" (and/or I am too tired and/or lazy to hunt for one)!

[katy]

Oh how fabulous! this is a terrific shot for 12-12-12. It is a great illustration of the time of year we are at and the celebration we are coming to!Well done, sissy!

[Steve Hankins]

Those are some interesting and unique decorations. Goes well with the unique date.

[Rick Schies]

You have yourself a great collection here Marilyn.

[Marilyn Wigen]

@hankinsphoto Thanks, Steve... I really like all the decorations I have collected over the years, but some do have more sentiment than others.

[Marilyn Wigen]

@digitalrn Thanks, Rick... I think so, too! :)

[Marilyn Wigen]

@grammyn Thanks so much for your kind comments! I had more than 12 favorite decorations and it was hard to narrow it down... some got left out because the shots I took of them weren't great and some because I had to cut to 12! :)

[Kathy Burzynski]

Wow! This is so cool!!!

[Beau]

Nice take on the challenge. Love the variety, and the explanation on each piece.

[Michelle]

How special!

[katy]

@marilyn I almost commented on that too! Maybe you could have bunched some together! I like the overall effect of how you did it!

[Deb]

Great job on the collage and challenge! I think I might make a collage of my favorites . . . Great idea and nice collection :)

[Marilyn Wigen]

@myhrhelper @losthorizon @mstipe @deburahiru Thanks, everyone! It was a fun one to do... except for the part about narrowing my "favorites" down to twelve! :)