Sand Dollars, Skeletons and The Season
I've just finished decorating my Christmas tree, which always inspires me to think about the origins of many of my ornaments. Glittery, beaded, balls from India are favorites, as well as embroidered bells from Italy. But the most unexpected decoration is a pure white sand dollar I got from St. Croix. Sand dollars make elegant Christmas ornaments and are commonly used in coastal areas and the Caribbean. The pretty sand dollar-covered tree above was captured in Eleuthera, with echos of the sea right outside. I never realized that sand dollars are fuzzy sea creatures similar to starfish. The sand dollars that wash ashore are actually skeletons. Decorating a tree with skeletons gives a whole other perception that doesn't quite fit with the holiday season but I still think they're pretty. Will you be decorating with any souvenirs from your travels this season?
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Greetings from London.
I've usually just decorated artificial ficus trees with cheap lights :)
On the sand dollars, we love finding them with our toes out in the surf. We send them back down to the sandy bottom since they're still alive -but it's fun to hunt them!
Eden, it is very pretty, it's a great unexpected decorating idea.
It's fun to relive the trips each year when I decorate my tree..and it's really interesting to see how many other folks seem to do the same thing :)