It’s January 20th and I officially took down my Christmas tree. Finally!! It was such a great tree this year that I just couldn’t box everything up right away and was trying to delay the process as much as possible! My wreath is still up though…so that’ll be a battle for another day!
As most of you know, one of my best pieces of travel advice is “Pick one souvenir and stick with it!” My signature souvenir is collecting an ornament from every state or country I visit. My 2014 Christmas tree was FILLED with new ornaments that I absolutely adored and quite frankly, couldn’t stop talking about! I always forget all the amazing places I’ve been until I put that tree up and I’m instantly filled with joy and accomplishment!
This year I added Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Texas and two new Chicago ornaments (one for the Bean and the other representing a Beluga whale encounter I did at the Shedd Aquarium). I missed an ornament for Savannah, Georgia and I can’t seem to ever remember to grab one from Boston, even though I go multiple times a year!! Maybe 2015 will be my year to get those!
What souvenirs are you getting in 2015? What did you grab from your 2014 adventures?? Make sure to share your travel comments below!
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I love it. Our tree is still up :s. My mom does this, she has ornaments from many places around the world, but mostly she collects fridge magnets from everywhere she goes. I used to collect shot glasses from around the world. Currently, I don’t have a specific travel souvenir.
Love it!!! I actually collect some magnets too so then I can see travel items all year round! Shot glasses are great too…might have to start that! ha!! Cheers to keeping the tree up past Christmas 😉
Like you, I have many ornaments collected at one place or another. My real “go to” collectible though is glass bells.
Ohhh really? That is truly unique! I need to be on the lookout for those on future trips!!
This is such a great idea! When I used to be a flight attendant, I collected shot glasses. But I quickly started to run out of space. I’m going to start getting ornaments too. Thanks for sharing. I will be adding Fort Myers, Florida later this year. 🙂
oh Fort Myers is so nice! You can get a beach themed one! Yeah I have a hard time with “stuff” so I figured if I’m going to collect something, I’m going to use it!!