12 Days of Christmas--Day 2

When we buy a place and have more room, I'd love to have a few trees scattered around the house with different themes, but for now our lone tree, with a hodgepodge of ornaments that carry plenty of wonderful memories, is just perfect. Here are a few of my favorites:

Dave and I like penguins, so a couple of years ago, I picked up a few of these penguin ornaments. Isn't he the cutest, most Christmas-y penguin you've ever seen?

I love to add a new ornament each year, so this was the one we bought last year on our honeymoon. We'd gone to Dutch Village in Holland, Michigan, one day, and I thought this kissing Dutch couple was a good pick for our tree. I also like that it's a shout-out to my heritage.

We received this ornament as a gift last year, but this is the first year it's being displayed. The picture was taken at my company's Christmas party last year. I would've loved to put a picture of us from Christmas Day, but I don't think we took any of just us! That will have to be remedied this year.
I'm pretty sure this little guy is my favorite ornament this year, even though he's made a couple of appearances before. When I was first in Edinburgh in 2006, I found the cutest Christmas shop just down the street from the castle. Of course, when I was back in the city in 2007, I insisted Dave and I visit that shop again, and this is the treasure I found. I love that it has the city and year on it so I'll always remember where I found my hedgehog friend.