The tea tree is up!

Actually, the tea-themed Christmas tree was up on Sunday, I just didn't take the time to stop and blog about it until now. This year I have it on my tea trolley, and although I realized years ago that I have too many ornaments to hang on this one tree, I did get a good many of them on there.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who bought this 2016 set of ornaments from Hallmark, featuring a Santa teapot and, just behind him, a green teacup.
Another Hallmark favorite is the "Alice in Wonderland" ornament I got in 2010, the year that I got my niece Cari one just like it for Christmas since we had seen the movie together that year.
The best part of decorating this little tree, though, is the many happy memories of ornaments that were given to me by tea friends over the years, so following are a few of the ornaments (but certainly not all) that I have been blessed to receive!










 
And no, this ornament isn't on a tree, but I was tired of the 1980s-era tassel I had attached to this old skeleton key in my great-grandmother's secretary, and I realized I should use the key as another means of displaying teatime ornaments year round. I have tea ornaments from friends displayed elsewhere in my home, too, and sometime I probably need to do a post on that!