I’ve always loved Snoopy. When I was a kid I had a nine-book set of hardcover Peanuts comics. Each book had two volumes of comics, and when you got halfway through a book, you had to flip it upside down to read the other volume. Snoopy was my favorite volume. I also had the hardcover of A Charlie Brown Christmas and Home Is On Top of a Dog House.
With such a love of the black-and-white Beagle, how could I not have a few Snoopy Christmas ornaments?
Back in 2003, at Most Favorite Job, staff had the opportunity to purchase Lenox Christmas ornaments at a good price, so I bought one for a coworker who loved Peanuts, and Snoopy in particular, as much as I did. It was a Secret Santa gift. Well, turns out he was my Secret Santa and had gotten me the same one!
This next one is from around the same time, back when I was still an avid skier.
Not sure when I got this one, but Snoopy makes a great Santa.
A couple of nights ago, I noticed there were some gaps in the tree that really needed an ornament, so yesterday on my lunch break I ran up to Macy’s and CVS to pick up a few ornaments. Here’s one of them, taken with flash so you can see the lovely slate blue. Yes, I wish it would snow. I love, love, LOVE snow.
And now for tonight’s state Christmas tree, going out to the dearest friend I have yet to see face-to-face, Guy. We have been reading one another’s blogs and journals since 2002 and he is one of about five people on the planet who knows pretty much every detail of my life since I started spilling my guts and venting my spleen online, and I’m honored that he has let me into his head and heart the same way. So help me, my friend, if I can get on a plane to Michigan in 2024, we will break bread together. Heck, we might even bake it together!
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