[Ansteorra] Decorating the Tree

[Chris Zakes]

At 11:57 PM 12/22/2007, you wrote:

(snip)

>Please understand. I know many parents beam at looking at the family 
>tree looking at popsicle ornaments from their kids school years. 
>Gavin and I are beaming looking at all the tokens that hang from our 
>tree with the same sort of pride. Yes, some of my "ornaments" too 
>are popsicle sticks, some are cool pewter shells or black stars made 
>of steel, lots of leather disks, a few spoons, fimo, painted pine 
>cones, glass beads, some wooden sheep, cup covers, and coins, some 
>random left over bits of trim, some misc. silk flowers and feathers, 
>a few wooden bobbins, some bits of an sca dance belt that broke and 
>was never remade, a few lone earings and ta-da! We have a tree! Some 
>material that someday will be "an elizabethian" circle the base.


And have you ever noticed how much the average tree skirt looks like 
a short Renaissance cloak? I expect the reverse is also true.

         -Tivar Moondragon