Many years ago, on our first vacation as a family we started the tradition of buying ornaments, At each place we would pick out an ornament and bring them home. Then, when it was time to get out the Christmas tree, we got to bring them out and relive the trip.
After a few years, our travel ornaments were taking up a lot of space on our main tree. So, we decided to have a dedicated family travel tree. Each year, we make hot chocolate, get out the ornaments and talk about each trip, memories, funny stories and special moments.
Oh wow what a smart idea! So fun buying Christmas ornaments instead of other souvenirs, great way to remember your travels 😀 thanks for the idea
Thank you! We love it and hope you do too!
We collect Christmas ornaments on our adventures! I love re-living the fun we’ve had each year when we decorate the tree.
This is such a lovely tradition. We like to collect memories rather than objects for most of our travels but I do love the idea of christmas tree ornaments.
Love this idea. Such a great way to remember your trips, and really celebrate with your family
I never even thought of ornaments! That is so cute!
Thank you! It is such a fun tradition that we treasure.
We started collecting ornaments from trips some 15 years ago and are still going strong! I love this tradition 🙂
Really liked the idea of collecting soils or shells. Going to do that from now on. Thanks fr the idea!
I love this idea! Plus it gives me another reason to leave my tree out as long as possible :p
What a great idea, love it. I have picked up a few during travels, but more if I happened to come across one. Rather than specifically buying one on every trip.
This is such a cute idea! I usually collect postcards, but I love the ornament idea, too! I know my mom would especially love it if I brought her ornaments from my travels, haha.
I love the idea of a travel tree! My family also collects ornaments from the places we’ve gone (though we have had to buy them online once we got home a few times if we couldn’t find a good one haha)
We’ve had to do the same thing! 🙂
We do the exact same thing. On our 1 year of travel this was the really the only thing we bought from each country and city. The kids takes turns on choosing one out. It’s our favourite part about getting ready for Christmas to talk and decorate the tree.
Aww I love these!! We have a couple but they don’t say the place on them (like a hula Santa from Hawaii lol). I also worry about breaking baubles in my bag, which is why I haven’t started doing this more! But I really love the idea, and they seem to be becoming more popular which makes it much easier to collect them.
Thank you so much! It is nice that you can find a lot online. I also get nervous about them breaking, but we generally buy unbreakable ones or I ask them to triple wrap them. 🙂
I love the idea of buying traditional ornaments from other countries!