Taking down the Christmas tree

Every year I look forward to taking down the Christmas tree. My favorite part is wrapping the ornaments. I don’t get to see each as we hang them, and not all the stories get retold every year. Each has its own history: who made it or gifted it, which ones were handed down over years, or were made by my children. My favorite ornament when I was a child was a fragile glass icicle. I coveted it and was thrilled to choose it when my siblings and I divvied up the family ornaments years ago. I do not much like it now yet once upon a time, I cherished it above all others.