Pom Pom Sparkler

 

I don't know what's come over me this year but I can't get enough of Christmas. I've emptied my holiday closet of every decoration including some I haven't put out in years. That's my vintage Pom Pom Sparkler tree. It looks like a box of dynamite because each delicate branch is individually wrapped. 

I had to laugh at the packing slip still in the box. Do you think if I wrote to the company they would send me replacement branches for $1.75? I think not. 

It takes forever to put the little thing together but it's so worth it. 

She's so pretty. You can't hang much on her or put on lights because of her fragile state but it was so nice to see her again. 

And...a rogue cloud dropped a tiny hint of snow on us yesterday just in time for the Solstice....

...so mincemeat had to be made. I'm still dragging my feet on cookies. Maybe tomorrow?