I hope you and your family are having a great holiday season. Our family celebrates Christmas, and one of the best parts of the season for me is the fun we have every year with our Christmas ornaments. Every ornament on our tree has a story. Following are few of my favorite ornaments. Feel free to respond to this blog with a picture and your own ornament story.

I take good-natured grief every year when I trot out my collection of sports hero tree ornaments. This particular ornament is Muhammad Ali and I have dozens of other ones.  I mean seriously, what says Merry Christmas more than Joe Montana, Brooks Robinson, Michael Jordan, or Mickey Mantle? I’ve been threatening for years to do a tree with nothing but sports heroes. Then there will be plenty of room for Arnold Palmer, Peggy Fleming, Bobby Orr, Johnny Unitas, and the whole crew.

This next ornament is the family favorite. This ornament has a small picture frame where you can insert a picture of your family. But we liked the family that came with the ornament so much that we kept them. We greet them to our tree every year. If this family ever sees this blog, they are invited to our house for Christmas at any time.

The final ornament is our newest. If you live in our part of Appalachia, you love and admire Dolly Parton. Old style country music was king in my house growing up, and I fondly remember Dolly since she was on the Porter Wagoner Show every week in the 60s. I loved her Rockstar album from last Christmas where she was accompanied by a who’s who of rock. And if Dolly sees this blog, she’s invited too.