Life Event Ornaments

Some years arrive with an object you can still picture: a new key on a bare kitchen counter, an ultrasound photograph inside a card, a baby asleep beneath the tree lights, a graduation cap held against the wind. An ornament keeps one detail and the date close enough to return each December.

The detail changes with the event. A new-home ornament may use the street or front door. An expecting ornament can hold the due month without revealing a private name. A baby’s first Christmas begins with the name and year, while a graduation piece uses the class year, school colors, degree, or photograph.

Choose the page for the moment you want to remember, then decide what belongs on the front and what can stay on the back. A street name, due month, small face, or class year can bring that particular Christmas home.