Ben and I have only a few Christmas traditions, and this is one of them (the other being my mandatory Christmas Eve viewing of the Rankin Bass movie "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus"). Anyway, this joyous custom hails back to Xmas '06 and celebrates the ugly (or bizarre) Christmas tree ornament!
So every year we select ONE strange specimen and proudly display it on our puny, fake tree. I know you all have been anxiously awaiting this, so I am proud to finally announce 2011's pick. Presenting......
"Pine Cone-Butt-Reindeer-Thing!!"
This thing isn't so much ugly, as it is just down-right strange. Why is his butt a pine cone and what is that string? That's not a proper place for a tail, in my opinion. And the half-pine cone anatomy is reminiscent of a mythological Satyr.....but lamer.
'What sold me on this guy was that string. It just looks wrong going out the center of the butt like that. Not that that's the only strange thing about it. Come on, it's got a pine cone for a butt and crooked dowel rod legs.
To be truthful, I actually kind of like this one, in spite of my mockery......maybe it's because I'm a sucker for glitter, who knows! The shoddy lopsidedness of him amuses me. His crooked beady eyes make me laugh (at him, not with him). However, I must say that 2010's Spiny-Pine-Cone-Hedgehog-Critter still reigns supreme as the strangest thing on the tree. I will post photos soon just to reminisce about our ornaments of 'yore.
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