Every year since his birth Tom’s Mum has bought him a Christmas decoration planning to give the collection to him as soon as he had a place of his own. This year she gave them to Tom and we unwrapped them and added them to our tree. Every decoration was labelled with the age Tom was when it was bought so we decided to photograph each one as we got it out and copy the contents of the label so we didn’t get them mixed up. Here is what we found:

Snowglobe, Age 19

Noel Sign, Age 25

Disney Mickey Mouse Bell, Age 6

Snowman’s Head, Age 4

Grand Canyon Coyote, Age 13

Disco Globe, Age 11

Moving Father Christmas, Age 16

Dog with Jointed Legs, Age 22

Reindeer Bell, Age 21

Furry Reindeer, Age 17

Metal Hedgehog, Age 24

Metal Robin, Age 23

Father Christmas Bauble, Age 8

Sparkly Christmas Tree, Age 2

Father Christmas Head, Age 7

Stuffed Snowman, Age 20

Gold Pine Cone Angel, Age 10

Fairy, Age 3

Mickey Mouse, Age 9

Green Tree, Age 1

Tom Snowman, Age 18

Sparkling Snowflake, Age 12

Snowman with Bells, Age 14
I think it’s a really lovely idea and something I will definitely be doing when I have my children of my own. Although it does mean Tom’s parents tree might be a bit bare this year!