Even though we try very hard to preserve the oldest ones, breakage occurs from time to time. Still, there are ornaments on this year’s tree that I remember from my childhood, and one in particular reportedly goes back to my mother’s childhood in the 1920s. It’s quite fragile, and some of the color has chipped away, but this little red clown is my favorite and is always displayed in a choice spot for all to see.

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"Honestly, you don’t look at all these moon-rock things, this giant egg you’re living in, and think what a lot of crap it is? You don’t think, ‘Just stop everything for a second. I need a break’?" Dee looked around at Em. "I mean, we keep talking about all of these things, using all of these crazy things, like we’re in this story, like none of this is real. Can’t we just stop it a minute and think about it?"

One, from 1996, is of a takin, crafted by Minnesota Zoo’s volunteers that year. I purchased it because I was fortunate enough to care for Mill Mountain Zoo’s takin, and it’s rare to find a takin ornament.

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I’m so sick of this too clever by half pick your plan horseshit. I spend all day working for people who are constantly taking vacations and drive new cars and I’m trying to wonder if I’ll be able to buy a house before I’m 45. Shit like this is why.

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