Another of these awesome memes, through which I can talk endlessly about myself and then link to others' blogs, read their posts and say to myself: "Why didn't I think of that?" This one's easy, from Deborah at The Humble Housewife, who wants to know about special holiday traditions. Here's mine:
The year my son was born I bought a menorah for his first Chanukah. Not that he cared; if I'd even dreamed of letting him touch it, he would've just gummed it anyway.
The following year I ordered another, and the next year I got menorahs for Robey and his new baby sister, Cleo. Eventually they both caught on and insisted they make their own selections. Since then, we go online every autumn and they each order a new menorah or dreidel to add to their collections. Here are some of our favorites:
Now that is a great holiday tradition!
Posted by: kailani | November 05, 2007 at 06:54 PM
Thanks. We love it. In fact, we just ordered the 2007 models today.
Posted by: FeeFiFoto | November 05, 2007 at 07:07 PM
That is a fantastic holiday tradition!
Posted by: beckie | November 05, 2007 at 07:10 PM
What a sweet tradition! And yes, I remember the story behind each of my ornaments just as I bet you remember the stories behind each menorah. :)
Posted by: bren | November 05, 2007 at 07:12 PM
They are lovely what a wonderful tradition - love it, although I had to google what they were :)
Posted by: Alix | November 05, 2007 at 07:15 PM
I love the dreidels. They are so pretty!! :)
That is great tradition. :D
Posted by: Debs in Pumpkin Patch | November 05, 2007 at 08:36 PM
Oh I forgot to add, thanks for visiting my blog. :D
Posted by: Debs in Pumpkin Patch | November 05, 2007 at 08:37 PM
Those are all beautiful!
Happy first Fun Monday!
Posted by: kaytabug | November 05, 2007 at 10:50 PM
I think that's a really cool tradition, some of those Menorah's are too cute!
Posted by: Lisa | November 06, 2007 at 09:30 AM
Glad you joined the FM gang, your comment to my post was one of my favorites of the day ("ocular whiplash"? LOVED IT!).
I had no idea you could get "kid friendly" menorahs; I had to look closely at your photo because they looked like toys. Do you put candles in them and let the children light them each night?
That might satisfy any pyro tendencies in them ;) (or ignite them!).
Posted by: Robin (the pensieve one) | November 06, 2007 at 09:38 AM
The menorahs only LOOK kid friendly. In reality, Chanukah candles are so flimsy that they drip all over the place, so using them in one of these would ruin it. We use our plain old brass menorah for real but we do set out the entire collection every year so we can admire it. We have so many because they're so cute; obviously someone figured out about 20 years ago that menorahs could sell as well as Xmas ornaments if there were enough variety. Same with the dreidels -- you'd be really sorry if you tried to play dreidel with Waterford, but it makes a nice knick knack.
Posted by: FeeFiFoto | November 06, 2007 at 10:44 AM
I think the menorah of little chairs is my favorite, and I'll bet the glass really sparkles when the candles are lit. I'd be afraid to spin some of the dreidels - they are too pretty!
Posted by: Tiggerlane | November 06, 2007 at 01:37 PM
I didn't know that menorahs came in different shapes. I've only seen the ones on TV where the candle holders are in that half moon shape. Great tradition!!
Posted by: Sirdar | November 06, 2007 at 09:25 PM
Isn't it funny that movies and TV shows always make things like that seem so generic? Have you ever seen a rainy funeral scene in a movie where anyone carried an umbrella that was anything other than black?
Posted by: FeeFiFoto | November 06, 2007 at 10:24 PM