Photo 46

Last year, about 20 minutes after I finished trimming the tree and five minutes before our guests (it's tradition for our group of friends to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation every year together) were to arrive, our tree crashed to the floor. Quite a few of my ornaments were smashed. I was reminded of the incident last night when I came across empty ornament boxes - no more wedding cake, glass guitar, or snowman holding a heart. :( But, I still have some pretty jewels, like this orange icicle that give the tree some pizazz.