Angels in the tree

It never ceases to amaze me how a simple tree, when draped with sparkling lights, glittering balls and shiny ornaments, can transform a house into a home. One of the things that I look forward to the most during the holiday season is dressing up the tree. For me, there is a certain joy upon gazing at a freshly decorated tree in the corner of the living room.

Ever since we lived here in Amsterdam, I can’t help but notice that we have fewer options when it comes to ornaments that we can decorate the tree with. I have always liked putting a star or an angel atop the tree but truly, I have searched high and low but found nothing that I liked. For the last two Christmases, we decided to let the top of our Christmas tree remain bare instead of putting just anything there.

A week before Christmas though, I think our fate has finally changed. While strolling along the Christmas market, a glittery light from one of the stalls caught my eye. I immediately went and there it was, low and behold, beautiful angels lined in a row in different shades of gowns and various styles. A squeal of sheer excitement escaped my lips and honey had to rush to me to see what it was that I was so happy about. I pointed out to him the treasure that I was gazing at he understood immediately what I meant. There were so many designs that are so pretty and in the end I couldn’t decide between two angels so I asked honey just to pick and buy one. In the end, I saw honey handing two angels to the seller and paying for it telling me that it was so obvious that I liked both of them so he decided that we can always have more angels at home. So sweet my honey!



I have finally chosen the angel dressed in a green gown to occupy the top of our Christmas tree. I can’t be any happier with our angels. I just wanted one but now I have two.