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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 5357970, member: 106826&quot;]Growing up, I recall the first thing that my brother and I would do was run to the Christmas Tree at our Grandparent&#039;s place.&nbsp; Our mission was simple: find the blinking bulb from World War II era and find the golden Christmas ornament.&nbsp; The bulb was a neat phenomenon - lasted into the late 90s which by that time, we had families of our own.&nbsp; But the golden ornament was a curiosity.&nbsp; It is a simple, two-piece ornament that splits in half and is made of heavy cardboard.&nbsp; My grandfather made it out of a gift container prior to WWII.&nbsp; The tradition he started was putting a nickel into the ornament for every year it hung on the tree.&nbsp; And by the time we came along, there were a number of nickels in the ornament.&nbsp; My brother and I were young collectors back then, and we would always wonder what kind of nickels were in there.&nbsp; My grandfather told us that he would try to put a nickel dated for they year of that Christmas, but he admitted that it was a tougher task in the early days.&nbsp; On one Christmas, he opened the ornament so we could have a look inside: a number of Buffalo and Wartime Nickels. Many uncirculated nickels too.&nbsp; It was a mini-time capsule.&nbsp; By the 2000s, my grandparents passed on and my uncle had taken over the tradition...and now my brother has the honors.&nbsp; It&#039;s so full of nickels that it has to be hung on an inside branch as it is heavy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I thought I&#039;d pass this along in case there are others out there who have a similar tradition or perhaps would like to start one like this of their own.&nbsp; It made for some great memories for my brother and I, but also the non collectors in the family too, especially my younger cousins.&nbsp; Something always fun about a time capsule.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy New Year everyone![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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