From usatodayopinion: 'They are the tackiest, gaudiest, most hideous ornaments anyone has ever put on a Christmas tree. Yet, they are somehow among the most meaningful ornaments in our family’s entire collection.'
They are the tackiest, gaudiest, most hideous ornaments anyone has ever put on a Christmas tree. Yet, they are somehow among the most meaningful ornaments in our family’s entire collection. And if anyone should ever give a prize for “Best Repurposed Use of a Child’s Participation Trophies,” these ornaments just might deserve a real trophy.
At those team parties, I would stand and deliver a merit-based salute to each of my players – citing this pitcher’s dazzling strikeout totals or that hitter’s momentous game-winning double. Then, when I had finished, everyone would get their silly participation trophies – even, inexplicably, in years when we actually won championship medals.
Moved by such memories, I decided to turn those “gold” participation trophies into Christmas ornaments . And I now proudly display them – not just as a reminder of the great times my boys and I once had on the Little League field, but also as a peculiar symbol of what Christmas means to me.The real Christmas story is a subversive tale about a new start for a corrupt world
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