My grandmother left me her vintage Christmas decorations when she moved into the long-term care many decades back. These are rare and hard-to-find ornaments now, especially as I have the original boxes for some with the $0.25 price tags on them. I have seen them going for $150 plus on eBay. I’m obviously not going to sell them, but I don’t want them broken when I use them.
The problem with being a cat owner is that the cats find the sparkly things on the tree fascinating and like to swat at them and knock them off. There is also concern a cat may go up the tree and knock it over, but that hasn’t happened yet (knocking wood as I type this).
We have put the vintage ornaments into clear glass bowls and they are on display in places that the cats won’t bother with. We hope. They’re too pretty not to use, but to precious to use as intended.
Stupid cats.
Image taken with my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultimate.
