Jake and Lucca are not always like this:

In fact, even at four years old they view the Christmas Tree as just another extension of their world of toys. We thought that they might have grown out of it by now - all of our other cats had. Anyway, it means that the very fragile and breakable ornaments remain packed away for another year. One of these years the beautiful hand-blown Santa that I bought for Paul while we were in Poland will make an appearance on the tree.
In the meantime we make due with our non-breakable travel ornaments (and there are PLENTY of those). Here is a selection from the 2021 tree.

Norwegian straw wreath. It is traditional for Norwegians to decorate with straw that has been woven into intricate shapes and tired with red ribbon or yarn.

Tugboat from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Buoys from Stonington, Maine. Home of one of the largest lobster fishing fleets on the east coast.

We bought this unusual Santa at a Christmas market when we spent Christmas in New York. We were drawn to it because of the use of blue instead of red. Perhaps it was meant to be a Democrat Santa?

Red and white are two of the three national colours of Norway. They feature in many Norwegian Christmas ornaments. Here a handstitched felt reindeer. Interestingly, I rarely saw blue, the other national colour, used.

The Queen of England's Christmas Tree. Purchased at Buckingham Palace. Given what we paid for it the golden coloured thread might have been real gold. LOL Whatever, it is a nice, none-breakable ornament for our tree.

The famous lighthouse from Savannah, Georgia made into a Christmas ornament.

God Jul means Merry Christmas in Norwegian.