It reminded me of the horse of a different color

What will those Chinese come up with next? This little snowman ornament cost $1.99 at the ubiquitous Walgreen's and has a tiny button on the button on the bottom that you can activate so that the snowman turns not just the green, white and red pictured above, but blue and purple too. Since we have all white lights on our tree, he stands out like the horse of a different color in the Wizard of Oz, my favorite movie. So, if you like it, and the idea that you could have an ornament on your tree reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz without paying some outrageous premium for a trademarked, licensed Dorothy with a basket of holly or Toto with a Santa Claus hat, then this is the ornament for you. And if my Walgreen's has it, then your's undoubtedly will as well. After all, it is the McDrug-Grocery-Clothing-Holiday-Gift-Sundry store presently populating the planet. In fact, they are so obnoxiously ubiquitous that I had vowed not to shop at the new one built at the bottom of our hill (that we really should walk to) when it first opened. That lasted about a month. Now we go to the library, the grocery, the gas station, and Walgreen's, with a few side trips to Lowe's or Home Depot. And, I've actually come to look upon Walgreen's as the five and dime's of the 50's and 60's. And that's not a bad thing, I guess.

But, back to the ornament. While one's eye is uncontrollably drawn to this bold and mutable snowman, it is not my favorite ornament by a mile. I'll snap a couple of pix of my, say, 3 favorite ornaments tomorrow and post later.

Meanwhile, what are the favorites on your tree? Go ahead and post a comment; I'd love to hear from you. Where did they come from? Why are they meaningful? How long have you had them? Don't be a scrooge - leave a comment!