Of trees and tradition at Christmas time

Here's another sign of the season, courtesy of Hugh and Dolores.

 
Hugh writes: Dolores and I were married in June 1954. We set up housekeeping when I was discharged from the Army four months later. Here is our fifty-eighth Christmas tree, for 2012. Probably, somewhere in our archives, are photographs of the other fifty-seven.

In recent years we have used a smaller, artificial tree, so all of the ornaments do not get used every year. There are some old favorites, however, that are usually on the tree. One such ornament predates our marriage.

When Dolores graduated from Syracuse with a brand new BFA degree, her first job was in an art department at Corning Glass. Her job was to illustrate a catalog showing Christmas tree ornaments that were manufactured by Corning. There were several different shapes, but one was a series of diminishing concentric circles that was very modern at the time. The company called it “Design Number 10.” Dolores obtained one, and it has been on her tree every year since.