When we celebrated our first Christmas my husband and I had little money for decorating a tree. As each of our children were born we started purchasing or making a tree ornament for them. We labeled the ornaments with their name and the year and used them to decorate our tree as they grew up. We also added decorations they made throughout their school years; naming and dating them also. As each child left to make their own home they carried with them a box of Christmas ornaments to decorate their first Christmas tree.