There's no better way to decorate your Christmas tree than with ornaments that mean something to you. Beyond just decorations, our ornaments are a cross between a woman's fine jewelry and her best scrapbook full of the kids' pictures.
I'm still struggling to find a good analogy, because just about nothing compares to the value of my personalized family Christmas ornaments that my husband and I have collected over the years. Seriously, when I took out our family ornaments this year, I realized that I was looking at over a decade of beautiful memories we have enjoyed with our wonderful three kids.
There are couples ornaments for our childless years, and then the first our first Christmas ornament when Thomas came along. Then Suzie, and finally Rodger. The family of three ornaments are our most treasured, as they each have some theme from a family trip we took that year.
I highly recommend starting a family Christmas ornament collection of your own. It's almost like a living family tree, with each year represented in a precious memento.