I think we have a thing for animals

For the past three years, Scot and I have gone to my mom's for Thanksgiving. And for the past three years, we have also gone into NYC to wander around. We always seem to end up at Bryant Park, which is great because I've loved this place my whole life. Around the holidays, they set up an ice rink in the middle of the park with little booth type things featuring local vendors. There are booths with warm drinks, homemade soaps, unique jewelry, warm fuzzy hats, and ornaments that you can personalize.

Bryant Park at night

Well, we decided that we'd be cute and start collecting personalized ornaments.

The first year (2008), we played it safe:

Cute, right? Our first Christmas living together, he calls me penguin feet (don't ask), etcetcetc. Barf.

Our next Christmas, I picked one out, and so did he. This was mine:

Aren't I so funny and playful, with my silly monkey in a santa hat? No. I'm not. THIS is funny:

Yep. Scot decided to get a flying pig, to honor the year of the swine flu. You should have seen the look on the personalizer's face. I wanted to run away from being so non-PC. Still makes me laugh every time I see it though, so that's good ;)

And this year, well.. there's a bit of me and a bit of Scot involved.

I opted for monkeys again (why..?!) and Scot opted for the year written in the heart to represent our future 30th Christmas together. Again, the personalizer's face said it all. Poor guy.

Do you guys have any Christmas traditions, regardless of how crazy they seem?